The Book Thief

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Yep, I liked it. It did not change my life, like Phil said it would on Modern Family, but maybe it should have. When I told my mom about my 3 star review of this book, we talked about the fact that there are lots of books like this- about WWII and children, (Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Summer of My German Soldier, Anne Frank of course) and they are all heartbreaking. She said that even if we are saturated in with novels and movies, we have to remember and learn about these things regardless, because World War II is not fiction at all.

I appreciated the perspective from a German child's POV, and oh my, the Rudy/Liesel relationship was so heartbreaking. The whole book was sad, but not Life of Pi sad where you realize he's going to make it. Just sad where you can't believe this actually happened.



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