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Oct 14, 2017
Jen • Just One More Page
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it was amazing
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So here I am, incredibly late to the party having finally read The Book Thief.
I have to admit, although I did enjoy the novel it didn't quite live up to the high expectations I had after hearing so many recommendations and gushing reviews.
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I have to admit, although I did enjoy the novel it didn't quite live up to the high expectations I had after hearing so many recommendations and gushing reviews.
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This book is purely a display of the author's upmanship. The premise of the book is pretty simple - a young girl growing up in Germany amidst WW II.
However, what sweeps away and transforms this simple book into a beautiful, moving poetic piece are two decisions that the author took - instead of setting it in any of the obvious victim countries, the story will be set in a neighborhood inside Germany where the citizens are silent dissidents of Hitler. The second decision which gave him enough mane ...more
However, what sweeps away and transforms this simple book into a beautiful, moving poetic piece are two decisions that the author took - instead of setting it in any of the obvious victim countries, the story will be set in a neighborhood inside Germany where the citizens are silent dissidents of Hitler. The second decision which gave him enough mane ...more
Mar 01, 2011
Juana "Darkness" Duran
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really liked it
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The Book Thief is about a girl named Liesel Meminger who is taken to Munich a little town in Natzi Germany. Liesel has to go to foster parents but before she reaches the town where they live her brother Werner Meminger dies of mysterious causes. So the train stops to bary her brother and there is where Liesel steals a book called "The Grave Digger's Handbook". She steals it after it falls out a grave digger's coat, the only problem is that Liesel doesn't know how to read. When Liesel starts scho
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I don't know what to say about this book that hasn't already been said. The tone is pragmatic and otherworldy at the same time. The characters are well-drawn and the storytelling is superb. Do not let the idea that this is a young adult book make you think twice about reading it - it's a great tale!
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Nov 30, 2014
Myriam
marked it as to-read
Jan 13, 2011
Courtney
marked it as to-read
Feb 17, 2015
Lee Johnson
marked it as to-read
Feb 22, 2019
Samara
marked it as to-read
Apr 15, 2015
Sanskriti Nagar
rated it
it was amazing
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Jun 15, 2013
J.P.
marked it as to-read
May 19, 2011
Nikki the Sapphired Book Dragon AKA NixieNut
marked it as to-read
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