This book was a little boring in the beginning. But then towards the
last 200 pages the pace was very fast, leaving me in awe after each chapter. Here
is the thing:I didn’t know anything about this book until I started reading it.
I am not one of those people who read the synopsis beforehand. I just heard
that it was a great book and so I had to read it.
It circled around Germany before and during World War II.How this war
was a lot to take…not on the world but on the Germans. What I really liked
about this novel is that it focused on the Germans during this devastating
period of time. And especially on the book thief. The book thief is the main
character of this book and we witness her growth over the years.
She suffered the sight of watching her brother dying. And this had
impacted her for a very long time. Then she developed a passion for reading. But
there was one problem: BOOKS WERE FORBIDDEN. Apparently Hitler didn’t like
books so everyone was forced to throw all their books to a pile. That pile was
later to be burned to ashes. That however did not add a single flame onto The
Book Thief's passion. The Book Thief had the willingness to sacrifice her life
for a book.
This book really showed me how it was like back then. The clock kept
ticking in 2013 but my whole being was in the late 30s and early 40s.
I don’t recommend this book to people who don’t like history and politics.
I mean I like history but this book took forever to explain or discuss anything
historical.
Fun fact: of course there were a lot of German words thrown here and
there. I don’t know German but I recognized
the word "Leader" and "My Struggle" in the German language.
I remembered them from history class in high school. Did I mention that I love
history? And so that made me feel proud.
The writing style was just
amazing. I mean that last sentence was a great way to end this book. I even
tweeted two quotes from the book. So many great meanings and lyrical words.
The first thought that came to me
after finishing this book was "I gotta check out more of Markus Zusak's
novels."
1 comment:
I really enjoyed this book! I also felt it was a little bit long but the story was so good it really draws you in to keep reading until the end. I too didn't know anything about the book before picking it up to read, I literally just saw it on the shelf and chose it for some reason, but I am glad I did! The only thing that disappointed me a little was the movie adaptation. It stuck quite close to the book but it didn't feel quite as powerful or moving as the book did.
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