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samdalefox 's review for:
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
No spoiler short review.
Emotionally, I believe this book deserves more than 3 stars. When I think about it in relation to my favourite books of all time though, the forced distribution pushes it to a 3/5. The story is narrated by death, which is quite poetic and not overhanded or gimmicky at all. Death provides a nice objective buffer between the reader and the storyline. The story follows the life of a young girl, named Liesel, living in Nazi Germany. The books does a good job at highlighting many things at once: the many tragic aspects of War, giref, guilt, hope, the stripping of identity (in many ways of many people), showing the day to day life of Germans who didn't agree with the Nazi party, the power of literacy and art, and showing acts of resistance (in many forms). The plot is not obscured; Death says "mystery bores me", so what compels you as the reader is discovering and investing in the characters rather than an unknown storyline. The chapters are short, and the prose although poetic is easy to read. A refreshingly honest fictional story about survival in Nazi Germany.
Emotionally, I believe this book deserves more than 3 stars. When I think about it in relation to my favourite books of all time though, the forced distribution pushes it to a 3/5. The story is narrated by death, which is quite poetic and not overhanded or gimmicky at all. Death provides a nice objective buffer between the reader and the storyline. The story follows the life of a young girl, named Liesel, living in Nazi Germany. The books does a good job at highlighting many things at once: the many tragic aspects of War, giref, guilt, hope, the stripping of identity (in many ways of many people), showing the day to day life of Germans who didn't agree with the Nazi party, the power of literacy and art, and showing acts of resistance (in many forms). The plot is not obscured; Death says "mystery bores me", so what compels you as the reader is discovering and investing in the characters rather than an unknown storyline. The chapters are short, and the prose although poetic is easy to read. A refreshingly honest fictional story about survival in Nazi Germany.