The Book Thief in Overdue Podcast

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

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

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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Jan 12, 2008 Bethany Miller rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobooks-on-cd, book-club, favorite-females

The Book Thief is set in Nazi Germany and is narrated by Death. Death’s first encounter with the main character, Liesel Meminger, happens when he comes to take her younger brother. Liesel and her brother are on their way to live with foster parents because their mother can no longer care for them, but before they get there, her brother becomes ill and dies. So Liesel alone comes to live with the Hubermanns on Himmel Street. Hans Hubermann, her foster father, quickly becomes Liesel’s hero. He tea ...more

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Feb 12, 2010 Marnie rated it it was amazing

This is the best book I've read all year. I found it very interesting to read about WWII from the perspective of a German girl who didn't happen to be Jewish because the stories of these victims are not often told. And of course, I identified with the main character's love of books. I would recommend this to anyone, even if it is classified YA. ...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Stephanie rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: gave-up, 2011

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.

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