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This book! I can't remember the last time a book shattered me and glued me back together again ... over and over.
The funny thing is that I initially bristled against the style and the narrator. It seemed too hokey and contrived. After part one, I was convinced I would hate this book. I only plugged along because it's the next selection for my book club.
Then the language seduced me. The characters became friends. The plot unraveled skillfully, beautifully, and in the most unique way.
Last night ...more
The funny thing is that I initially bristled against the style and the narrator. It seemed too hokey and contrived. After part one, I was convinced I would hate this book. I only plugged along because it's the next selection for my book club.
Then the language seduced me. The characters became friends. The plot unraveled skillfully, beautifully, and in the most unique way.
Last night ...more
Mar 19, 2010
Denise Cormaney
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
arlington-55plus-book-group
Fantastic book! I can't remember the last time a book made me cry...sob, actually. I know that doesn't sound like a good read, but it really is.
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Jan 11, 2009
Molly
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
hard-issue,
historical-fiction
This is the only book I know that I tell people you have to read the first 100 pages before giving up on the book. I was extrememly moved by this book and think it is a must for someone. You need to be in the right mood to read it though. This is for Adults only.
I wasn't expecting this book to be as powerful as it is. It's a book of intrigue and history and emotion. Death makes an incredible, sentient narrator for this book. If this is what YA literature is like these days, I'm astounded and enthralled. I highly, highly recommend this book.
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This book was very different from anything I have read. It took me forever to get through and after a while I wanted to stop as the narrator himself told you what was going to happen. But the characters were really compelling, which was what kept me reading.
I did not start out liking this book, but I did think using Death as the narrator worked out very well. It gave me a new perspective on WWII and made me cry towards the end. and I do not usually cry while reading books.
An incredible book.
I'm tired, but I have two things to say.
1. I cried at the end.
2. I haven't read a book with so much figurative language in a long time. I swear you can flip it open to any page and find some metaphor or personified object.
Okay, so maybe I have a little bit more to say.
3. I loved Rudy, too.
4. I can't decide if the narrator choice was necessary, but I thought it was an interesting and compelling twist. ...more
1. I cried at the end.
2. I haven't read a book with so much figurative language in a long time. I swear you can flip it open to any page and find some metaphor or personified object.
Okay, so maybe I have a little bit more to say.
3. I loved Rudy, too.
4. I can't decide if the narrator choice was necessary, but I thought it was an interesting and compelling twist. ...more
What a wonderful book. I fell in love with many of the characters and I even enjoyed the narrator. A different perspective on World War II. This story had me captivated and I was sad when it was over.
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my only regret is that I waited too long to read this beautiful story! Liesel!!! <3
