| The Book Thief | 
 enlarge | Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 159111
Media: Paperback
Edition: Airport/Export Ed
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.9
ISBN: 0385611471
EAN: 9780385611473
ASIN: 0385611471
Publication Date: July 3, 2007
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 A Good Read but ultimately unsatisfying June 29, 2008
At first I found this book irritating as I got used to the unusual narrative style and the page layout. However after about 50 pages or so you are drwn into the world of Liesel (The book Thief) and her surrogate family and friends. The book runs to over 500 pages and I read it in a little under 2 days so that gives an idea of how engrossing it is.
However throughout the book I felt I was being emotionally manipulated by some clever narrative tricks and at the end I think the feeling was justified. The context of the novel is of course one of the great tragedies of our time and one of great inhumanity, however I felt the author was deliberately playing on the readers emotions and trying too hard to elicit an emotional response, in fact to elicit a tearful response. Having said that there is great skill in keeping adults engrossed in a story about a childs life, conversations and interactions.
 Highly Recommended Reading !!!! May 17, 2008
Wonderful book. Read by our bookgroup and it got excellent reviews all round. Can't praise it enough! A MUST read...............
A Modern Classic March 5, 2008
This is such an unexpected book. Absolutely brilliantly conceived it is compelling from the very first page. I can only agree to all the reviews and urge you to buy it and read it for yourself. You will think about it long after you have turned the last page.
It will leave you breathless! January 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Book theif gives a harrowing time in german history from a little girl's point of view. This could have so easily become a book of bitterness, pain and misery, but watching events unfold through the eyes of death is the work of a genius.
Book Theif made me smile. I cried. I found myself waking up at 3.00 in the morning to read just a few more pages.
You can't read Book Theif without it leaving it's mark on you.
A truly fantastic read!
Utterly brilliant and truly heartbreaking December 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Death thinks that the fact humans represent him carrying a scythe is amusing, and only wears a black cloak when it is cold. He (or she) notices colours to keep him sane whilst all around him he is collecting souls. He tries not to get caught up with the stories of those souls he collects but one story moves him - the story of the book thief - which is why he chooses to tell the story to us.
This book is beautifully written. It is neither complex nor heavy - the story is a simple one, packed with happiness and tragedy and a constant overtone of the strength of human spirit. Despite the fact that Death chooses not to surprise us - he tells us 'what happens at the end' about halfway through the book, I still nearly cried when the end came. The actual story is not just about people and war - it is just as much about the power of words to revive, bring hope, brainwash and kill.
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