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The Book Thief
by: Markus Zusak

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780552773898
ISBN: 0552773891
Label: Black Swan
Manufacturer: Black Swan
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: January 01, 2008
Publisher: Black Swan
Studio: Black Swan
Sales Rank: 7

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Very hard to read
This book is very hard to read. The writer tried so hard to tell us the story from the point of view of a ghost, and tried very hard to be inventive, as some reviewers said. But it is NOT. In recent years, we have got the American Beauty which is written exactly the same way. This is a bad copy at that.

From the pure literary point of view, this is a bad book, because of these factors: the narrator is too remote, and unbelievable, the story is weak for the readers. It is anything but engaging. There is no urge in me when I turned the pages. If it is not for the fact that I paid for it, I would not go beyond page 50. So it is definitely not a page-turner.

The writer also tried very hard to give the book a mood of ... Read More:

Rating:

- Beatiful book
My mum gave me this book to read, which is usual a bad sign, but I have throughly enjoyed it. Death is the narrator, which should be depressing, but in a weird way it's uplifting.
It's a wonderful story about an horrific time and I'm surprised by how much I loved it!

Rating:

- I dont really understand why this is a bestseller
I usually buy bestsellers and books with good Amazon reviews because I trust the majority's opinion. However, I honestly dont understand what's so amazing about 'The Book Thief'. I personally would not recommend this book.

What I liked about it is the beginning (which is quite rare) it seemed so unique and magical. I fell in love with the idea of Death being the narrator and couldnt wait to find out what Mr Grim Reaper had to say. But of all the stories Death could have told us, sadly he chose a pretty boring one. Actually I dont think it's the story itself was boring (because I guess the events of Nazi Germany are quite interesting, if that's the right word to describe them) I just dont think that this story needed all 554 pages ... Read More:

Rating:

- Unusual, really good.
I liked this book. It wasn't the best written novel i've ever read but i still coudn't put it down. It's really unusual but it works. I'd highly recommend reading it.

Rating:

- great for young adults and children
Personally, I found this book a little bit childish and simplistic for my tastes. I got about half way through before I got bored. It reminded me a little bit of the dark materials trilogy. If you like reading stories about empowered little girls then Im sure you'll love this. With it being about death and world war 2, I was expecting something far grittier, which raised some difficult moral questions.

I did find the slightly alternative perspective of World War 2 quite interesting, althought it was obvious the characters were written by someone looking back on the war with the benefit of hindsight.

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