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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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binkytheprince's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

stacikristine's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was such a unique style of storytelling. I've never read anything like it. It was surprising to me that the narrator kept giving away huge parts of the plot and then going back and filling in information to get you to that part of the plot. Also, it was very different reading a book about WWII that focused on a German family. I'm so glad I finally read this!

mitchiechel's review against another edition

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5.0

The ending

mmorales0902's review against another edition

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5.0

Such a great book! So is " i am messager" I love this author.

queenebri's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Like Death, I too am haunted by humans. This gave me new eyes for a war already taught to me. While I expected the heavy racism, I hadn’t quite expected to be bathed in classism and sexism the way I was. It was impossible to ignore.

The amount of love found in these pages made me want to lie in a shallow creek and have the water wash over me. She loved her people so deeply and so well one can only aspire to be like her.

I skipped reading this in high school and I’m finding myself grateful. My young heart wouldn’t have received this as well as my grown one does now. My heart shattered and was molded together several times over.