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It took me 4months and 6days OR 129days to be exact to finish this book. (It's not that it was too long or something but I was just finding the right time to read it)
Honestly, I find myself having difficulty in giving this book a review. So before I start anything else, let me run through the most significant happenings that had grabbed and stirred me through this whole reading process:
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**HERE IS A SMALL FACT**
You are going to die.
Honestly, I find myself having difficulty in giving this book a review. So before I start anything else, let me run through the most significant happenings that had grabbed and stirred me through this whole reading process:
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This book's received a lot of praise from many people and it's been acclaimed as one of the greatest hsictorical fiction young adult books out there.
I thought the Premise was fairly interesting. It's set in Germany during WWII through the point of view of Death. How unique is that! Death tells us a story of a German girl who lived during this time, because he found a book she wrote about her experiences and found it fascinating.
Liesel was a girl full of innocence. She was adopted by a German fa ...more
I thought the Premise was fairly interesting. It's set in Germany during WWII through the point of view of Death. How unique is that! Death tells us a story of a German girl who lived during this time, because he found a book she wrote about her experiences and found it fascinating.
Liesel was a girl full of innocence. She was adopted by a German fa ...more
I first learned of this book this summer when I read a list of 20 "Must Read" YA titles. I was immediately intrigued by the synopsis and quickly got my hands on a copy. I wasn't actually able to give it my full attention until a couple of weeks ago, but there is no doubt in my mind that this book belongs on a list of 20 "Must Read" YA titles. I have read a lot of books over the years that have impacted me in significant ways and left me in awe of the amazing talent of their authors. The Book Thi
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Brilliant. The clever device of death being the narrator of this story and the poetry of the prose makes it a wonderful reading experience.
Jun 22, 2011
Mana
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It's an amazing book that left me in tears the first time I read it, and if I didn't know better; it could've past for a biography of some sort.
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