The Book Thief (2005) (edit title/settings)

• Rated 5 stars

“Book Club Pick”

• Rated 5 stars

“Wow. What an amazing story. It lulled in places but overall just left me feeling like I had a great experience. It's been over a year since I read this book and it's still lingering with me to this day.”

• Rated 5 stars

“This book is very sad but worth reading.”

• Rated 5 stars

“This was an amazing book! It's the kind of book that you hate and want to burn, yet you can't because it's just so GOOD!!!!! I can't tell you how many times I cried. Too many times to count... Death, the narrator of the story, gives away a lot of the important plot points in the book early on, but that just makes the suspense worse. You KNOW what's going to happen, all the destruction, all the DEATH, and yet you don't know how. You can't stop it, and every second just builds up the nerves, the suspense, the screams for a kiss... Until the last domino falls. The domino effect is complete, everyone dies. Liesel never breaks her promise. And it's... Oh my gosh! If the cover confuses you, start looking for the domino effect from the beginning. One event leads to another. Each domino causes the next to fall. Suspense builds as you watch each fall to the next. You know how it ends, you can see that last domino, and waiting for it to fall just makes you more and more excited, until it comes crashing down. And then you have to pick up all the pieces... But how? There are so many, and you just can't, because you're so tired and you've been through so much... You'll see it in the book. And you'll dread the moment where the last domino falls. When the book thief finally gives her final kiss goodbye. One of the best books I've ever read. I don't care if you hate each and every book in existence. READ IT!!!! This book is SO amazing!!!!”

• Rated 4 stars

“Language is both healing and destructive. Books hold the power to save us or condemn us. The Book Thief is a novel of love, identity, loss and resurrection narrated by Death.”

• Rated 4 stars

“Ms. W: coming soon!”

• Rated 4 stars

“This was a wonderful book to read. The tale is set in Germany during WWII is the narrator is death as he keeps an eye on one particular girl and the deaths happening around her. The characters were vivid and prose was well-crafted. I was worried at first how the narrator would fare throughout the book without being overbearing, but that wasn't the case. The ending had me in tears, and I wanted to the book to continue. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“Great novel”

• Rated 3 stars

“Though I didn't like all the curse words in the book, it was an enjoyable read. To me, what makes this book stand out is the emphasis the author put in the power of words and how they affect people. I also liked how Death was the one narrating the story and would add his own commentary from time to time. His point of view made the story richer and I think how the book ended was perfect. I couldn't have imagined a better ending.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Read this and cry!
Please. Just read it. It is beautiful and original and amazing and all the positive descrptive adjectives you can think of. ”