The Book Thief in Overdue Podcast

Dec 21, 2017 Jillian Getting rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed, ebook

The Book Thief is narrated by Death and I’m not sure how effective this literary device was. It makes a certain sense as the book is about a young girl growing up in Nazi Germany and this book is considered young adult fiction so maybe a more heavy-handed trope of Death as a being with thoughts and feelings is appropriate. I didn’t always enjoy his parts of the storytelling. He begins each section with some reflections and periodically intersperses the story with some asides, which aren’t that i ...more

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Nov 04, 2013 Brittany rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, pbs-great-american-read, own-on-kindle

This is a great read. Easily one of my favorite books, up there with A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The characters are so easy to relate to and you finished the book feeling like you know the people you just read about. Not just a little about them but truly know them. This book just goes to show how powerful words are. I'm glad I bought this so I can just keep going back to parts and reading it. If I could give this more than five stars, I would. ...more

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Sep 07, 2013 Coleen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013, favorites, bought-2017, audible-library, 2018, nook

I read this a second time in advance of the movie release. I think I blocked out some of the worst parts of it. Great book! Still one of my favorites!

02/04/18 Just finished the audio book, I love love love this book!

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