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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Start date: March 1, 2013

Finish date: March 31, 2013

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Jul 19, 2011 Anna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, i-own, young-adult, i-love-to-death, death-grieve

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)

**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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Jun 04, 2012 Erika rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, ya, solo-books-read, read-2013

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

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Jun 13, 2011 Christina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

This book is now one of my FAVORITE books!
I Think that death being the narrator of this story made it much more interesting and easier to read. We experienced the Holocaust through his eyes and I liked the fact that he was very emotional and saw colors and people for who they were. He hated carrying children and good people away but knew there was nothing he could do about it. The way he talked about Liesel's life throughout the years was great. I liked the fact that he told us what was going to ...more

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Jul 07, 2011 Micki rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, printz-honor, must-read, holocaust

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 ...more

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Jun 22, 2011 Mana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, books-i-never-wanna-forget

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. ...more

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