The Book Thief in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

May 23, 2012 Rincey rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, 2012

My full review: http://youtu.be/E3UIg6sovtg ...more

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Oct 08, 2013 Melissa Wiebe rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, historical-fiction, fiction, books-on-the-nightstand, holocaust, ww2, 2013, favorites

I had bought the book a number of years ago and I can't recall what the circumstances behind the purchase, but I suppose a large part of it was the reviews I had read on various blogs and that was probably a huge influence on my purchase. But nonetheless, this was a book that I had a hard time putting down, when I was in my reading mode (I sometimes lost a bit of focus and got a little antsy due to the length, but that isn't neither here nor there and not the point of this review). The book real ...more

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Jun 04, 2013 Maya rated it liked it

Shelves: 2013

A lot of my friends on goodreads have read this book and are split pretty evenly between loving and hating it. Therefore I went into this expecting I would not have a lukewarm reaction and that maybe it was just that kind of book. Maybe it was my mood at the time or extreme tiredness, but lukewarm it was. Basically, i didn't enjoy it that much and this was not because the story is so tragically sad. It was the writing style. Somewhere I saw this book called "experimental" and maybe that was the ...more

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Mar 26, 2014 Juliezs rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2014

I was sold on this book as soon as I realized who the narrator was, very inventive. And his view on the Holocaust from up above in the context of his vast experience was very moving. I enjoyed slowly finding out why the main character was called the Book Thief.

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