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Feb 03, 2013 Caren ~ the misfit geek rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, historical-fiction

I really didn't think I would like this book. I was so wrong. In fact, it is quite possibly one of my favorite books.

It was a beautiful story of resiliance and survival. Liesel won my heart at the outset. She had strength and goodness in spite of all she endured. I enjoyed how she developed throughout the book.

I also found it interesting that the story was narrated by death. It was a unique point of view and added to the charm of the story.

I would recommend this book. It earned all 5 stars. ...more

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Oct 15, 2014 Lori rated it really liked it

I really do not know what to write. I have been thinking about it and when I finished I thought that was a good book and started another one. But I keep thinking about the book, it sneaks in at odd times. I think about Rudy and Hans mostly. This is a very haunting tale and one I would recommend.

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Jan 25, 2017 Audrey Dellinger rated it really liked it · review of another edition

4.5 Stars

I loved this book. Once I got used to the narrator's voice, I really fell in love with it. (view spoiler) almost killed me - I was completely ugly crying.

I knocked off .5 rating because it took me a little while to get into the book and used to the writing style (it didn't capture me immediately) and because it's classified as a YA novel. I really hate that. John Green's books? Yes, YA material. This book? Just because the main character is young doesn't me ...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Rebecca rated it it was amazing

I have to admit, if I had a choice of which book I would want Columbia to read in the One Read 2013 program, this would be it. It's a very moving story of an orphaned girl who comes to live with an older couple in Molching, just outside of Munich, just before the outbreak of the Second World War. Although the book can be sad at times, it's punctuated by funny stories and a very unusual narrator. I highly recommend! ...more

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Feb 06, 2014 Lindsay♫SingerOfStories♫ rated it liked it

Shelves: 2014-reads

Spoiler alert: the book is sad. Yeah, its set during World War II so I should have seen it coming, and I expected a good cry, but this was just a ridiculous sob. I hated how it ended! Like, really!?!?!!? Ugh. As for the rest of the book....the language was really beautiful and I found it unique that it was narrated by "death" (a fairly humorous and overall likable character) but it was pretty slow to me and a little boring. I put it down a couple times to read different books so it took me quite ...more

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