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Feb 12, 2009
Katie
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it was amazing
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This book is among my favorite young adult books. There were so many lovable characters in this book, and so many beautiful moments. I finished this book last night, and I missed the characters all night, I went to sleep thinking about them, and I even dreamed about them.
The narrartive style of the story is amazing, and the writing style kept me interested the whole time. The story takes place in Nazi Germany, so obviously there are tons of extremely heartbreaking moments. I shed so many tears ...more
The narrartive style of the story is amazing, and the writing style kept me interested the whole time. The story takes place in Nazi Germany, so obviously there are tons of extremely heartbreaking moments. I shed so many tears ...more
A-MAZING!!!!
Book club pick for January 2012 ... I'll get to it just as soon as I'm done w/ my trashy escapist pulp ...
Apparently I am a cretin. I am the only person in my book club - perhaps the only person on this planet - who did not like this book. The characters were great, the story was fine, but I was just completely 100% annoyed by the writing style. When I read a book, I like to lose myself in the book, to forget I'm actually reading. This book kept reminding me "you're reading a book! look at me, ...more
Apparently I am a cretin. I am the only person in my book club - perhaps the only person on this planet - who did not like this book. The characters were great, the story was fine, but I was just completely 100% annoyed by the writing style. When I read a book, I like to lose myself in the book, to forget I'm actually reading. This book kept reminding me "you're reading a book! look at me, ...more
This was the YA "It Book" for a while in my MLIS program (hype about the "It Book" tended to bleed out of the public library/YA crowd and infiltrate the whole crew). I resisted reading it, because sometimes I did that with the YA It Book. More to the point, I also thought a book narrated by Death sounded weird and creepy and awful. And really, Munich is 1939 is plenty creepy and awful without that added layer, I think?
Finally got around to reading it. I went in with an open mind, because my some ...more
Finally got around to reading it. I went in with an open mind, because my some ...more
I think the book would have been better if Zusak had cut out 200 pages and the pretentious 'Europeanised' phrases ('she nightmared'?). It is also somewhere between a young adult/adult novel, appealing fully to neither group, I feel.
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Interesting point of view from Death. Dark yet humourous. The numerous passing of Death and the character... worth a read.
Begins with Death describing colours. The whole idea of him/her/it narrating the story was brilliant. Some of the readers have experienced problems with the foreshadowing of events but to me it added the melancholy of the book and therefore made it better. It made me appreciate the time the characters still had together and hold onto things which I would have bypassed otherwise. Wonderful novel. Heartbreaking yet warm.
This book is amazing! I enjoyed it so much! The perspective is very unique and the story's perspective is interesting. It is very sad though, but definitely worth it!
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Oct 12, 2008
Courtney
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Sara
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erin
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Grace
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