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It's very slow and confusing in the beginning but stick with it!
Its one of those books I could not stop reading. Eager to learn what happened next. Absolute classic. Filled with emotions. A Must read.
What can I say about this book? Before I begin, let me say that I have no inclination of spoilers, so POSSIBLE SPOILERS are ahead, read at your own risk.I wasn't sure what to think when I started this book. I was worried I wouldn't like it, but then Death started to narrate the story and I was already hooked because I do love the one we call "the Grim Reaper". I didn't know how the story was going to go because I didn't read the synopsis before starting this book - crazy, I know.I've never considered myself a history buff - history is quite boring to me most of the time, but seeing the words of this story laid out before me, even though it's fiction, describing what once took place so long ago in Germany... I feel wrong saying it intrigues me because I know many people suffered, but I'd be lying if I said otherwise. As an avid reader and writer, I felt a connection to Liesel as she struggled to learn how to read and write, before soon taking books and making them her own children. I became attached to the characters - I could feel them, as if they were standing before me, their stories and lives playing out like a movie before my eyes.Markus Zusak is a true wordsmith. He brought life to words on a page, gave them feeling and a home. I didn't feel like I was reading a book, I felt as if I were there, experiencing it in real-time alongside the characters. What a magical experience it was. I worried when I first started the book because I had 7 days to read it, and it's quite a thick one - over 550 pages long. I feared it would be boring and I'd struggle to finish it in time, but my worries proved to be nothing more than just that. I didn't want to stop reading. I kept thinking about the book and the characters as I did other things. It feels as if I just started the book. It doesn't feel as if I just read 550 pages full of words.I won't lie - this book hit me hard and I did cry. As I've said before, it doesn't take much to make me sob like a little bitch, but even so, it was like this book shot straight into my heart, clutching at it and holding it softly in its arms, just as Death had with all those he took during his time. I'd like to end off with a chopped up quote, but it isn't from the book itself, but from an addition from the author at the back. Even so, it hit me hard because I didn't even consider this as I read through this part of the story."The text of Mein Kampf bled through to show the story of Max and Liesel's friendship strangling the words of Hitler. He would paint over the pages. He and Liesel would write stories of friendship over Hitler's words of hate."Words can not even express how this book touched me. An absolutely breathtaking read and highly recommended.
After taking the night to decompress and sort through my feelings, I think I can write now.If you're looking for a medium to fast-paced book to read, The Book Thief is not for you. This book is slow, so slow I almost gave this masterpiece twice. Not that I didn't like the story or characters, but I loved the story and characters. But it was, for me at least, around the 200 pages mark, that I committed to The Book Thief. The Book Thief is a young adult genre historical fiction set in Nazi Germany, in 1939. The story is about Liesel Meminger, a young German girl, whose life is changed when she steals her first book at her brother's funeral. This is her first, but won't be her last book thievery. After her brother's funeral, Lisel is left in the company of her foster family, Rosa, and Hans Huberman. When Hans hides a Jewish Man named Max Vandenberg, it's this act that sets the catalyst in her life. Although The Book Thief is about Lisel's story, it is death that narrators it. This is a wonderful concept, that translated beautifully on paper, leading to one of the most heartbreaking endings I have read in a long time. So if you have the time, the patience, and enjoy an emotional historical drama, please read The Book Thief. It's a book that you will Carry with you for a long time.
I have honestly never really cried at a book... tears in my eyes maybe but never actually cried... I spent the last 50 pages of this book sobbing. Happy New Years.
So powerful, but be ready with a box of tissues. You will definitely need them.