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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
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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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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. ...more
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. ...more

Amazing.
I love this book.
It was amazing. Brilliant.
I love this book.
It was amazing. Brilliant.

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