Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Book Thief
I had to reread this book for my book club this month, and I just love it. Marcus Zusak's WWII teen novel about a young girl, Lisel, in Germany is just fabulous. Lisel, after the death of her younger brother, is sent to live with Hans and Rosa Hubermann in Munich, and mets an incredible cast of characters. This book is well written, with an wonderfully unique narrator. Lisel starts her career as a book thief by stealing a book called the Gravediggers handbook, but through the narrative she steals many more. It is through these books that her foster father Hans teachers young Lisel to read, and it is books more than food that she and her best friend Rudy conspire to steal. Lisel's family harbors a fugitive Jew named Max, putting them all in danger, but bringing them closer together while showing the fear that was rampant during that period of history. It's a great read, and by the fourth chapter you stop hoping that Kurt or Maria will show up (WWII story with a Lisel, of course I was thinking of the Sound of Music for most of the beginning). This Lisel's Nazi's weren't nearly as nice as Rolf (spelling on that?) though.
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I too loved this book. Though it took me ahwile to get into it. In fact, I had picked it up and put it down and forgot about it. Then when I was in need of a book again, I felt I just had to finish it. Well written in a style that I had not seen before mostly due to the intersting narrator - that totally makes the book. Great read. Definitely recommend it. V
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