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“Amazing historical fiction during the times of the holocaust”
BeanLlama wrote this review Sunday, April 7, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Excellent!”
Maridee wrote this review Thursday, April 4, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Under oppression, the human spirit survives with expectancy to a world that seems to guarantee no future.”
Gail wrote this review Thursday, April 4, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Any avid reader would appreciate this book.”
laura sumner wrote this review Wednesday, April 3, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Denise R wrote this review Wednesday, April 3, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Interesting enough for me to finish it, but I don't consider it a great book. ”
Stan Jam wrote this review Wednesday, April 3, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“With chocolate colored skies, book stealing and Death for a narrator, this is almost close to being a fantasy read. Except that the place the story is happening is Germany waiting for the second World War. And if there's anything more real than reality itself its Nazism.
Anitha R wrote this review Wednesday, April 3, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
We see a different face of Death though, one who, as he is ever so busy as a result of the impending world war, finds distraction in the changing colors of the sky and a little girl who takes refuge in the act of stealing books. As Liesel is lured by the magic of the words, so is Death drawn to her and we to Death's narration. Death is equally sombre and funny in describing the times and lives of the Germans torn apart and brought together under Hitler's rule. For Liesel, who loses her father to Hitler's regimes, her brother to illness and her mother to fate, books and the stealing, become a compulsion, even before she learns to read. And she learns that words have the power to create or destroy. As the Fuhrer uses words to manipulate his people, Liesel uses words to calm herself and others around her.
Like any novel on Nazi Germany, it does weigh your heart down and it does break your heart. And it doesn't promise a happy ending either. But this novel gives you a new perspective – that Death is not necessarily grim(atleast for the Jews who try to escape him as well as welcome him), and humans can fascinate even the reaper. This novel is a five-star for me.”
“A good read, my daughter, age 11, also enjoyed this one.”
Angie H wrote this review Tuesday, April 2, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very intreging and educational”
Taylor wrote this review Tuesday, April 2, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
