Book review of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
Written in the most spectacular point of view. Every sentence I read made me want to bookmark it and make into a spontaneous collage of Beautiful Words. But then I realized I was already holding that! This is what the Book Thief is. A delicate balance of the horrid historical time period perfected with Beautiful Words. And a girl who loves books. And an accordion, and a friend. What other way could death be fended off than by words? Liesel tells us.
” *** THE BOOK THIEF – LAST LINE ***
I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. Outside, the world whistled. The rain was stained. ” -Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (528)
Liesel, an orphaned girl, is sent to live with a foster family right beforethe Nazi’s take over Germany.
She has a peculiar attachmentto books, her first being a gravedigger’s manual that she picks up during her brother’s funeral.
Death takes an interest in her and her books on that day and follows her, sometimes constantly and sometimes at a distance.
There’s just something so fascinating about her that Death cannot stay away.
Meanwhile Liesel slowly grows upin the heart of Nazi Germany.
Her adoptive Papa and Mama make her bleak life bearable. But Rudy, her best friend, makes everything right in this world.
A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.
But their idyllic lives cannot stay that way forever.Food shortages are rampart,money becomes ever tighter and Papa’s son believes every word from Hitler.
And throughout all of this, Death watches…. and waits.
Even death has a heart.
Whew. I have avoided this one for so long…and I’m so glad that I finally took the plunge.
The Book Thief was just absolutely perfect in that sense. This book was just the right mixture of joys and sorrows, of highs and lows, and of good and evil.
I loved Liesel and the way she grew up against the ever-present tide of Nazis.
The way she and her family struggled against the world, by hiding a Jew or showing sympathy, really made this book shine.
Death made-an interesting perspective, though I wish the book would have been narrated more from inside his head.
Overall, loved this one.Seven thousand stars could never be enough for this book.
What was the last book you brought? I’d love to know + I really hope y’all are doing okay🌸
Areeba.writes 