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A review by kaulhilo
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5.0
"I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
- The Book Thief; last line.
I don't know how to start this review, but I guess beginning from one of my favorite lines in the book is a good way to start. The most beautiful thing about Book Thief, is perhaps, the beauty of it. The love and hate and owning and writing to burning and destroying words; words are so powerful. You could use millions of weapons, but you couldn't inflict the kind of damage a good placed word would. Words saved Liesel's life but word's also destroyed it; words made Max who he was, but words also condemned him for believing in something. Words, words, words. We're all surrounded and damned by words- everyday, everywhere.
Another beautiful concept was of Death being "haunted by humans". What an epic way to end a book, in all honesty. We think we're all surrounded by death, doomed to die anyday and everyday- who would have imagined the Book Thief Death was haunted by us?
Ah, so many things to say. The Book Thief overall, is one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. It's beautiful. It starts from Liesel witnessing her brother dying and Death taking him, and it ends with Liesel dying in the end herself, peacefully. Truly a book of a lifetime.
Liesel moves in with these foster parents aftee her brother's death, Hans and Rosa from an infamous Himmel Street. I thought all along that Death used to stalk Liesel or something, because he was curious. It never crossed my mind that he was reading her words.
Fuck.
I'm trying SO hard to write a proper review, but fucOHMYGOD HCFUI I WANT TO DIE. I CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYONE DIED I CAN'T BELIEVE HANS DIED OR ROSA DIED OR RUDY DIED I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WHY WHYWHYWHYWHY WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO ME WHY CANT I HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS I HATE EVERYONE I LOVE MAX SO MUCH I WANT TO DIE GOODBYE.
- The Book Thief; last line.
I don't know how to start this review, but I guess beginning from one of my favorite lines in the book is a good way to start. The most beautiful thing about Book Thief, is perhaps, the beauty of it. The love and hate and owning and writing to burning and destroying words; words are so powerful. You could use millions of weapons, but you couldn't inflict the kind of damage a good placed word would. Words saved Liesel's life but word's also destroyed it; words made Max who he was, but words also condemned him for believing in something. Words, words, words. We're all surrounded and damned by words- everyday, everywhere.
Another beautiful concept was of Death being "haunted by humans". What an epic way to end a book, in all honesty. We think we're all surrounded by death, doomed to die anyday and everyday- who would have imagined the Book Thief Death was haunted by us?
Ah, so many things to say. The Book Thief overall, is one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life. It's beautiful. It starts from Liesel witnessing her brother dying and Death taking him, and it ends with Liesel dying in the end herself, peacefully. Truly a book of a lifetime.
Liesel moves in with these foster parents aftee her brother's death, Hans and Rosa from an infamous Himmel Street. I thought all along that Death used to stalk Liesel or something, because he was curious. It never crossed my mind that he was reading her words.
Fuck.
I'm trying SO hard to write a proper review, but fucOHMYGOD HCFUI I WANT TO DIE. I CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYONE DIED I CAN'T BELIEVE HANS DIED OR ROSA DIED OR RUDY DIED I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WHY WHYWHYWHYWHY WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN TO ME WHY CANT I HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS I HATE EVERYONE I LOVE MAX SO MUCH I WANT TO DIE GOODBYE.