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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5.0

Loved, loved, loved it! I'm unsure about how to describe it... but it was amazing.
It made me cry at the end. Which means a lot. I've only cried due to a couple of books.
So good, so unique, so thought provoking, its a must read for anyone and everyone.

I was honestly surprised by this book. It is pure poetry. When I say that... I mean that the phrasing is spectacular, the feelings are gifted, and the story pulled at my heart. I think it redefines historical fiction. It doesn't simply add a bit more understanding of the past. This book wraps up emotions that we should learn to empathize with and gifts it to you in glowing lines of beauty. Told from the perspective of death it was innovative, creative, refreshing, and yet had a strange feeling of deja vu. I could praise the freshness of its antiquated feelings for many paragraphs yet. So, I'll just leave it at that.