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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.
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.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
This book discusses world war two, anybody uncomfortable with mentions of nazis, death, violence, antisemetism etc should not read this.