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madi_miss's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Cursing
lydz1106's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, and War
Moderate: Suicide
saraastro's review against another edition
5.0
As personagens de Markus Zusak existem para além das páginas, são reais e apaixonantes, sentimos a sua dor e as suas felicidades. Mais do que com outros livros, acabar A Rapariga que Roubava Livros e dizer adeus a estas personagens é uma experiência melancólica, que deixa uma grande impressão no leitor.
hannieb's review against another edition
5.0
Such a beautiful story - I've underlined so much! Could be considered a modern classic.
erindoublee's review against another edition
4.0
It’s not often a book annoys me and entertains me. This one has a special place. The writing style is different. The way the narrator describes colors in moments and how words landed in a room or atmosphere captured me.
yars_reading_corner's review against another edition
5.0
No matter what side of war you're on, what your race, religion, ideology. There are no winners in war, we all lose, at the very most a huge chunk of what makes us human.
To think people could stoop so low to belittle one another by following a doctrine of hate and baseless loathe, only humans can be so cruel to commit crimes even death winces at, and only humans can be as stupid as Hans Hubermann to put their previlige aside for their kindness.
I couldn't help feeling an empty sorrow when I was reading the chapters and stories of Death (himself) regarding the concentration camps, the anticlimactic deaths in war and the hollow deaths of those between the two, the gentleness of Death's embrace as he carried their souls in his arms. We often forget how blessed we are to be born at the right place and right time,
Unlike those the Jews that were either treated as subhumans and wished for death and received it as a reward or gave up all "dignity" to live and write their history with their own pens instead of the pens of their oppressors,
Unlike everyone else with a real beating heart who could not bear watch the discriminations being done and obliged to accept it or face a similar fate to the Jews.
As for Zusak's writing style, I love the language and his symbolism with death, the colors and the ending and accepting one's fate, this book is not praised enough.
amycat's review against another edition
1.0
Couldn't finish it. I found it boring and muddled, whilst the descriptions were odd and confused. I have to say I enjoyed the first couple of chapters, but it all went downhill from there. Do not understand the hype.