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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Start date: December 1, 2010

Finish date: December 31, 2010

Why we're reading this: We voted and this one won the poll for the Historical fiction category.
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Jan 15, 2015 Krissy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-motherfucking-stars, audiobook, tagged-classics, book2film, pgs-500-599, read-before-2015

**2015 Reading Challenge W/Josh: #38 A Book That Made You Cry**

I don't want to talk about it... I need a moment. ...more

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Feb 19, 2014 Aymee rated it really liked it

Shelves: dark-fiction, historical

I wasn't sure what to expect when I went into this book, aside from the usual horror associated with Nazi Germany during WWII. What I found amazed me.

Liesel starts as such a simple character but grows into something so complex that you are astounded by the end. And don't even get me started on the narrator... any author that can force the reader to have sympathy for Death is simply amazing. ...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Sarah rated it it was ok

Shelves: male-author, fiction, novel, australian, young-adult, female-protagonist

I started this book twice. The first go was a bust. I couldn't get over the pretense of the narrator or the excessive use of imagery (although I did like his deliberate displays of foreshadowing. The one benefit of having a gimmick as a narrator). The author's literary devices are laid naked and bare, which is probably what makes this book a popular teach. I don't say that as a compliment.

I tried it again, after the insistence of respected readers (and because I have a hard time letting book go ...more

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