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Markus Zusak

4.46 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated

It took me 4 months to read this book and I think that says something.
I slogged through it, interspersed with several other books that I actually enjoyed.
An interesting writing style but I found his contrived use of simile quite off-putting.
The last 10 pages went some way to redeeming the 500-odd pages of drudgery that preceded it.
challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh I just loved this book. I was at first, slightly turned off because it is technically a "young adult" book. Not that it should matter, but I thought it would. It did not! I would sit down with this book and read over 100 pages at a time and not even realize it. It was a beautiful story written in a clever way. I recommend it and am excited to see how the movie pans out. Anyone who has a passion for books is a friend of mine. Liesel Meminger, book thief, daughter, friend, heroine. Loved it!

As someone incredibly burnt out on WW2 fiction, I was incredibly surprised to have enjoyed this as much as I did. The narrative style is creative and unique and all of the characters are incredibly well-rendered. I can't believe I haven't read this before. 
dark emotional inspiring reflective sad
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes