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Apr 19, 2010 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: coming-of-age, wwii, ya-fiction, ya-historical

This has sort of been on my radar, but when it was short listed for the One Book, One Bloomington title, I decided that now is the time. This book is sort of a YA book, narrated by Death, that follows some tough years of a young woman, Liesel as she moves into her foster home in Germany during World War II. Liesel isn’t perfect, she is rough around the edges and sometimes is difficult to love. Her stepmother likes to curse at people and beat about with a wooden spoon. Liesel’s best friend is Rud ...more

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

Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, young-adult, 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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Oct 01, 2011 Angie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I'm a book reader, but I'm not a book collector. I keep very few of the books I read. Instead, I read a lot and pass the books along. I have a few trilogies and series that I've kept, but other than that I have a grand total of only 8 stand alone books that I've held onto because they moved me enough that I knew I'd want to read them again, or at least have them on my shelf to remind me of whatever it was about the book that I so loved.

Now I have 9.

The Book Thief is an amazing book. It's clever ...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Judy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, bookgroup, wrld-war-ii-related

4.5 stars
As much as I cringed (and still do) at the subject matter of this book, which is narrated by Death and follows the life of a young girl in Nazi Germany, I thought it was amazing. The writing, structure, characters, and plot were extremely deeply conceived and creative. That said, I'm glad it's over, and it made me cry. ...more

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Apr 28, 2021 Heather rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Sad and sweet

This book was nothing like I expected it to be. It took a chapter or so to get into, but it was well worth the work. It's a beautiful tragic story and I'm so glad I read it. ...more

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