Jdoughty7090’s Reviews > The Book Thief > Status Update

The book was extremely redundant and kept rambling on, I was very disappointed and decided to give up on the book.

Continued. I'm sorry. To have him tell her a story as he once did as a child to comfort her.

With the parents arrested, the Meminger kids begin to panic and go next door to their elderly neighbor, in order for him to tell her a sto

It's the part that I saw coming from a mile away! The memingers home is invaded by the SS and her brother is near the point of being arrested until the neighbor came to negotiate with the guards and sent them away. The nazis are clearly cracking down on Liesel.

Since the Meminger parents are kidnapped, Liesel begins to steal books on a more frequent bases from book burnings and wrecked buildings, beginning wight the holy bible. This sparks a fire in Liesel, the desire to gain knowledge from books that hitler has hid from her.

After the Meminger family members are captured, Liesel and her brother begin to think of a way to find them and possibly save them, knowing mostly that their parents will parish under the stranglehold of the reichstag. Liesel begins to panic and goes out running of the house? Why?!

The Meminger's home was raided by a nazi shock police force and Mr. and Mrs. Meminger are taken into custody and Liesel and her brother are left to fend for themselves. I am interested to see what happens. To the two children throughout the next few chapters, for I have no clue what is coming next at this point. Very inductive.

As we progress through the book, we learn that the Memingers have a well known reputation for going against order. Mr Meminger has had several brushes with nazi blitz police along with Mrs. Meminger, for theft and rebellion against the Nazi Reich. I am beginning to really adore the character of Mr. Meminger as he hates tyrannical rule and will do anything to refute it.

The book finally begins to heat up! The memingers have a close encounter with a nazi patrol unit after stealing her first book, the holy bible, from a trash pile. At this point I believe the intensity will pick up.

Liesel begins to explain her deep love and passion for books, and also how she likes it because she knows she is breaking the rules of the nazis. I am growing to like Liesel and her rebellious spirit because it shows a sense of pride and hope at such a young age at such Ana amazingly difficult time in in history.