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Death comes, we think quietly then leaves. Not always so, Death says. Sometimes he lingers and a living person left behind interests him. He sees colors when he carries souls away. The last time he saw the book thief, it was red. But he doesn't start there - he goes back to the train where she saw him take her little brother's soul. A cough and Werner is gone, forever 6 years-old. He sees the book thief steal her first book in the grave yard, though she's illiterate. She craves words, smells the
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J'ai décidé de lire ce livre à cause des bonnes critiques que je lisais à son sujet... et j'ai eu raison de le faire. L'écriture de Markus Zusak est magnifique, l'histoire, tout en étant tragique, a un petit quelque chose qui nous pousse à continuer de lire. Bref, je recommande ce livre!
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A really good book kept me wanting to read more until the very end. The narrator 'death' was good as it told the story without you can see his point of view throughout the book.
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