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Allison Janezic
Dec 21, 2013 rated it it was amazing
There are plenty of reviews about this book here. Some love it as I did, others hate it and the rest seem to be precisely in the middle. Personally I think it was a unique spin on WWII in Nazi Germany. It is told by the grim reaper or aka Death. It follows the story of a girl whom he nicknames The Book Thief. It follows her life and in particular a time span of four years in a small town outside Munich. The main character is a strong willed young girl who's life is filled with many characters al ...more
Brandon Book Nerd

It's great. But it's kind of long winded. Markus Zusak likes to describe things not too simple, so that is an advantage for a reader. But if the levels of how authors described things with so much detail were to be water in a water goblet, Markus Zusak's would be overflowing .


In The Book Thief, there are some time lapses. Like in that time Death narrated Max's story and jumped right back to the current time without warning. I was confused a lot on that. But I got used to it. If you read this

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Lillian H✌️
Feb 04, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Margaret
Dec 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I don't really want to rate it 5 stars, even though its worth it, because I think of it like comparing this book to my other books that I rated 5 stars. And they aren't at all the same. I really loved it though.

No, I did not cry. Even though it was very sad, and I was listening to Au Revoir by One Republic and 30 Lives by Imagine Dragons while I was reading the end of it, it still didn't make me cry.
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Rebecca
Nov 11, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Before reading The Book Thief I had watched the movie multiple times (which broke my rule of not seeing a movie until I read the book) Nevertheless I loved it. I felt every emotion from reading this book. I think everyone should read this good.
Lena
Amazing.
I love this book.
It was amazing. Brilliant.
Eri
Jan 31, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
THIS WAS AWESOME. Rudy!!!!! DX
Brittany
Aug 13, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Feb 06, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Dec 24, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Jan 21, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Feb 05, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Mar 05, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Mar 14, 2014 marked it as to-read
Margaret
Mar 21, 2014 added it
Shelves: 5-star
Melissa Paz
Mar 22, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Clara Mouawad
Apr 01, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Jennie
Jun 26, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Nicole Munoz
Aug 24, 2014 marked it as very-interested
FanficofBooks
Sep 04, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Sofia
Nov 19, 2014 rated it really liked it
Nicole
Jul 04, 2015 marked it as to-read
Ines Tomić
Jul 05, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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<3
Ash
Sep 15, 2015 marked it as to-read
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