It's been roughly 5 years since I read this book for the first time and it immediately became my favorite book of all time.

In those 5 years, I attempted to reread this book several times, but never pushed through with it - not because I didn't feel like reading it necessarily, but because I was worried. I was so worried that my first impression of this book came from a time when I hadn't read that many great books yet, and a time when my taste in books was so different from what it is currently, and that I would end up disappointed by The Book Thief when I reread it.

Well, I finally finished rereading it, and I now know I had nothing to worry about.

It's been 5 years, and yet I still fell in love with these characters. I still teared up at the ending. I still thoroughly enjoyed this book.

I can now say with total confidence that this truly is one of my favorite books. I have nothing bad to say about it.