A review by angel_lyd
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I can’t even begin to describe what this book put me through emotionally. I was recommended it by a friend and I decided to read it on holiday, thinking ‘surely it can’t be that emotional’. LORD was I mistaken. Liesel Meminger is a foster child who lives in a small German town during World War Two. Following the death of her brother, 9 year old Liesel moves in with the Hubermann family. It tells the story of her arrival to her foster family, her attempting to teach herself to read, a Jewish boxer hidden in their house from Nazi’s and much more. It was absolutely heartbreaking the entire way through and I just felt myself wishing I could hug this little girl. 


I won’t say a full spoiler, I will just simply state that near the end of the story something horrific and heartbreaking happens, so heartbreaking in fact that I was tearing up on my sun bed and I had to get a pinã colada to cure my sadness. 
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