The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, was written quite a while ago, published first in 2006. I made the mistake of reading it again recently. I thought that I was fully equipped to handle the feelings that would stir up inside of me. I was wrong. After I finished reading the book today, I cried.
I don't cry normally when I read books. The most emotional I have ever gotten because of a book was this one. This book is amazing. The way Zusak split the novel into parts that was a mini table of contents was beautiful. It was easy to understand what was coming. Unfortunately, he was cruel as well. Zusak told the readers, through the narrator, what happened to the characters in the end (a few of them), just when they were getting attached to them.
Set in Nazi Germany during World War Two, The Book Thief is narrated by Death. It follows Leisel Meminger, from when she was nine years old and was sent to live with Rosa and Hans Hubermann, her foster parents. Liesel steals books, but the irony is that at the beginning she cannot read. She becomes best friends with Rudy Steiner, and her family hides a Jew in their basement. Liesel and Max (the Jewish man) become very good friends, but their world soon turns upside down.
This book is awesome. I highly recommend it. It definitely deserved all the awards it won.
I don't cry normally when I read books. The most emotional I have ever gotten because of a book was this one. This book is amazing. The way Zusak split the novel into parts that was a mini table of contents was beautiful. It was easy to understand what was coming. Unfortunately, he was cruel as well. Zusak told the readers, through the narrator, what happened to the characters in the end (a few of them), just when they were getting attached to them.
Set in Nazi Germany during World War Two, The Book Thief is narrated by Death. It follows Leisel Meminger, from when she was nine years old and was sent to live with Rosa and Hans Hubermann, her foster parents. Liesel steals books, but the irony is that at the beginning she cannot read. She becomes best friends with Rudy Steiner, and her family hides a Jew in their basement. Liesel and Max (the Jewish man) become very good friends, but their world soon turns upside down.
This book is awesome. I highly recommend it. It definitely deserved all the awards it won.
