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[As Russia attacked Ukraine, I was reminded again of this.]
5★
“Soon they would both be in the war. One would be making bullets. The other would be shooting them.”
If only ten stars were allowed. I don’t know where to start with the Book Thief. The formatting, drawings and sketches? The language? The sense of place and time? The wonders and horrors? Overwhelming.
I didn’t so much read it as experience it as it unfolded. I kept lingering over passages that were too accurate, too sharp, too descripti ...more
5★
“Soon they would both be in the war. One would be making bullets. The other would be shooting them.”
If only ten stars were allowed. I don’t know where to start with the Book Thief. The formatting, drawings and sketches? The language? The sense of place and time? The wonders and horrors? Overwhelming.
I didn’t so much read it as experience it as it unfolded. I kept lingering over passages that were too accurate, too sharp, too descripti ...more
This was quite incredible - it took a few pages for me to get interested - the introduction is a little bizarre (and I ve just finished two bizzare books and wasn't sure I could cope with another) but i was soon involved in the story and reading it compulsively. Unique story telling view of a subject that is written about so often. I certainly wouldnt consider this a young adult book and wonder how it was published as such (just discovered here in Australia where it was first published it was pu
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I was quite torn between giving The Book Thief a 3/5 and a 4/5. After all, you can't 'rate' a book, it is not a scale you can measure and there is no checklist where you can count the boxes you have ticked. There are only fragments of emotions and revelations that hollow and haunt once you complete it, and those are the only things left you can judge on.
It probably deserves a score more than 3/5, at least for its effort of getting my younger cousins to read something other than the Twilight sag ...more
It probably deserves a score more than 3/5, at least for its effort of getting my younger cousins to read something other than the Twilight sag ...more
I loved this book, its imagery, its poetic turn of phrase, its poignancy, its honesty. It was recommended to me by Sarah Davis, illustrator of our book "Mending Lucille". I'm very glad she did! :)
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Wow. This was quite an intense book. It was a book that I couldn't put down and yet I knew I didn't really want to get to the end because it would be upsetting - and it was. At least I can take comfort in the fact that the person who loaned me the book also cried on the train at the end. Just wow.
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May 13, 2012
Lien Vong
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Giving this book a second chance. I started to read it for book group but gave up because my mind went to mush. Thought I'd pick it up again.
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Brilliant: both heartbreaking and heart warming. Original and evocative.
Gorgeous. Tragic. Unusual. I won't forget reading it... Ever.
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Mar 16, 2009
Lady Jayne *~*The Beach Bandida*~*
marked it as to-read
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cyber-book-of-the-month,
library-book
Sep 05, 2009
Sarah
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it was amazing
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Sep 19, 2009
Joy
marked it as to-read
Nov 15, 2009
Emily
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