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I was surprised at how into this book I was. My mom first tried to get me to read it about two years ago and that was an immediate turnoff, as I generally think what my mom reads is not what I want to read. The book is also about WWII and the Holocaust, and having grown up in the US, I've read so, so many WWII and Holocaust books that for a long time in my adult life, I've been almost boycotting them. There are so many other things to read about that I don't know anything about. But this book tu
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Quite possibly the best fiction book I have ever read that was set during World War 2.
I will echo that this is neither an easy read nor a quick one. But quite simply this book has characters that come to life from the page. No one is all good nor all bad.
I highly recommend this book.
I will echo that this is neither an easy read nor a quick one. But quite simply this book has characters that come to life from the page. No one is all good nor all bad.
I highly recommend this book.
To tell the truth, the story only won me over because of its setting. I wasn't a fan of the book thief but was glad she was on the way pf Rudy and Max. The best thing about the book was Death's ponders on his work and war.
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I got through about 10 pages of this before I put it down. I know people seem to (almost) universally love it, but the style of writing was really jarring and unpleasant for me.
Wish I hadn't waited so long to read this book. Very well done.
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Jun 27, 2013
Jeanne Bufkin
marked it as to-read
Jul 20, 2015
Erin Black-Mitchell
added it
