A review by signelinnea
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

challenging emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I want to start off by saying that this isn't my type of book and that I can see why so many people love this book. I don't like reading books where the central storyline is about heavy topics, such as WW2 but It was recommended to me so I chose to read it. As you can expect there is a lot about antisemitism, the main character doesn't express any hate towards jewish people but it's mentioned several times. If you're sensitive about stuff like that, I wouldn't  read this book. 

Aside from all the horrible themes in this book, it was a really touching storyline and it had a very interesting storyteller. Reading the entire thing from Deaths perspective was unique and I really enjoyed the small paragraphs of his thoughts. 
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