The Book Thief in Crazy Challenge Connection

May 04, 2010 Gaijinmama rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

You are going to die.
That's the first thing Marcus Zusak, with Death as his narrator, tells us in this beautiful, devastating story. Inevitably, any story of Nazi Germany is going to be dark. This story is no exception, but Zusak reminds us that there were also kids joking, swearing, and playing soccer; and good, average, everyday people who decided to do the right thing even as evil consumed their world.
I suppose what I liked best was the fact that ultimately, this is the story of a little girl ...more

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Jan 15, 2015 Krissy rated it it was amazing

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

**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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Nov 06, 2008 Avigail rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-stars, physical-book, reread, podcast-rec, youtube-rec

Very rarely a book comes out that steals my breath away. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak is a revelation. Narrated by Death, this story follows Leisel as she steals books in Nazi Germany while she and her best friend Rudy discover the power of words, language and friendship. Zusak's writing is mesmerizing; it's sarcastic, emotional, sophisticated and wondrous.
It is interesting to see that it appears to be targetted to young adult readers - please don't be put off by this - it is very much an ad ...more

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Nov 18, 2007 Ama rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: award-winner-honor, teen, audiobooks, historical-fiction, 2007, printz, sidney-taylor

This must be one of the best audiobooks I have listened to. The narrator was excellent. The story was compelling. I laughed. I cried. The final chapters were intense. Even knowing what is going to happen, I still found myself wanting to weep...not a good idea while driving! Although this is a teen book, I highly recommend it to adults as well.

This is such a wonderful story…full of love, laughter, joy, peace, hate, weeping, sadness and upheaval.

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Jan 21, 2009 Sue rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: natalie-bk-club, wwii, young-adult, printz-award

I found this book to be brutal. I've read WWII books that have more horrific descriptions of events, but this book took the cake. I've been thinking and thinking about why this is, and I think it's because of the main character. How many horrible things can one teenage girl experience and still remain a decent human being? Evidently alot. The writing style was very interesting. It was chronological, yet the narrator took liberties with the timeline by skipping around and giving teasers about fut ...more

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Jan 21, 2019 Soelo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebook, bookclubread

I finished this book this morning. I read it as the first selection from my new book club. I’d already seen the movie, plus there is a lot of foreshadowing, so I knew the ending would be both sad and hopeful. I can’t read another bleak book for a while, though. When I saw the movie, I heard it was going to be a hard book to film and I know what they meant now. The writing is full of metaphor, clever prose and even puns. Some of that came through in the film, but I am glad to have read the book t ...more

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May 28, 2008 Stephanie Tuell rated it it was amazing

this was a great book. at first i didn't think i was going to be able to get into it, as i'm not big on history or other languages (that's because i'm jealous that i can't speak them). but as i forced myself through the beginning, i began to love it. this books makes you laugh, cry, and care for the characters. as death follows lisel, you really get to see what a brave young girl she is. ...more

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