The Book Thief in The Dusty Bookshelf

Jan 09, 2013 Bror (Abrar) rated it it was ok

Death really ?
I got really bored , dont know why maybe the writing style , the lack of everything ?!!
Again death really ?

Maybe i'll like the movie , but the book not very much . ...more

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Oct 11, 2012 April rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Really...it's a 5...but I refuse to give books that make me cry (in a sad way a 5) I just can't justify it.

I really liked the book. Death is the narrator, and there really are no surprises..he spells it out for you right from the beginning; but I didn't get it until later...even though he hid nothing. I don't usually read books of this nature. There is enough bad in the world, I read to escape...the last place I would want to escape to is Nazi Germany, but I did travel there; I visited an accord ...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Evgenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, 2012

I would give this book 4.5 stars. The story is a real heartbreaker. I really enjoyed the writer's manner of story telling such as death as a narrator, girl's small world which somehow can be projected to the outside real worl if horror, love, survival, moral and finally ceasing the day.
This story is a true survivor. I loved it! ...more

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Nov 26, 2018 Barbara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: overdrive, kindle, the-best-of-the-best, coming-of-age, my-library, germany, wwii, 2018, best-of-2018

This book is wonderful. The author is so inventive-death as the narrator I’ve read many WWII books. Many were from the allied perspective and very very few from the Axis. We forgot that for the most part German citizens suffered throughout the war sometimes I think more than the citizens of this country. Liesel, a child in a small German town had to navigate the horror of her brother dying and being abandoned by her mother. But the biggest horror was surviving the war. Heartbreaking and inspirin ...more

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Aug 24, 2013 Thalia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, i-own, historical, suicide, tears-were-shed

Read the review on my blog:
http://thaliasbooks.tumblr.com/post/6... ...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Jensen Wahlquist rated it it was amazing

5 stars- nuff said! One of the best books I think I've ever read. An Incredibly well-written, engaging story, with some very well developed and memorable characters. What more could you ask for? ...more

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