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I loved this book. It's an enthralling story about a small community in Germany during WWII and the power of books to soothe the soul. I think I am probably the last person on the planet to read this. I'm going to watch the movie and it'll fit my book that's been made into a movie for the Read Harder Challenge.
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***MY GENERAL RULE FOR FICTION***
I stay away from WWII fiction.
It was awful enough with fictionalizing it.
Of course it is impossible to stay completely away from WWII stories. I allowed myslef the exception with The Book Thief.
It's good for YA fiction. It's a charming story. You have to love a girl who reads. But it stops there. For adults it's a shallow read. It lacks any real substance. I would recommend it to my 14 year old neice, but no one any older.
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I stay away from WWII fiction.
It was awful enough with fictionalizing it.
Of course it is impossible to stay completely away from WWII stories. I allowed myslef the exception with The Book Thief.
It's good for YA fiction. It's a charming story. You have to love a girl who reads. But it stops there. For adults it's a shallow read. It lacks any real substance. I would recommend it to my 14 year old neice, but no one any older.
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Yes. I'm one of those people who didn't love this book. I didn't hate it, either. But according to the "mouse-over" headings for the Goodreads rating system, 3 stars seems fair. I feel as if there could have been more meat to the story. The character development was good, but it served little purpose because most of characters' actions were of the mundane. Maybe the movie is better?
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can't give 5 stars. I was expecting a 5 star-er but it just was not for me. I loved the narration and the weirdness, the end is fantastic.
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Death narrates the story of a girl in Nazi Germany. She sees her brother die, her mother gives her up to foster parents and she must make her own way. Two men and a boy give her comfort; her Papa, a Jewish man they hide and a young boy. Reading and writing also hold her aloft.
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