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| Author: Markus Zusak
Publisher: Black Swan
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  333 reviews
Sales Rank: 31
Media: Paperback
Pages: 560
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0552773891
EAN: 9780552773898
ASIN: 0552773891
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Quite frankly, a masterpiece October 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Book Theif is amazing. If you're going to read about WW2, you need to do it this way. Narrated by Death, you might expect it to be hugely harrowing, but it's not - Death is suprisingly quirky and human about things. It's a beautiful story about friendship , defiance and, of course, World War Two. It's the story of a German girl, Liesel Meminger, displaced and alone. She's taken in by bad-mouthed Rosa and Softly-spoken Hans Hubermann. Then they hide a Jew in their basement, and Liesel's world is turned upside-down as she stuggles to maintain a 'normal' lifestyle in the face of danger.
It's a fresh way of looking at the war - from the eyes of the German civillians.
It's a must for everyone. It's harrowing (I cried A LOT) but so rewarding and enlightening that it's very much worth it. And, hey, if it can make you cry, it's a sign of a good book!
 Book Thief October 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am not going to tell the plot of this book yet again, Amazon and some other reviewers have done it quite well...I will tell you that this is an astounding book, a beautiful book, and a book that I know I will read again and again......
I read a lot, two to three books a week, my family makes fun that I "love" so many that I read...but in the past few years there have only been a handful of books that when I finish reading the book I sit and try to think of who I can send a copy to, who can I share this wonderful experience with. A book that when I finish, I want to go back to the beginning and start over.
I am a little sorry it is listed as a young adult book, I feel that if the bookstores put it in the young adult section, so many people will be missing out on a wonderful experience. Yet it is important that younger readers, high school readers, read this book too. When I was growing up, I remember reading Diary of Anne Frank, and the feelings I had when I read it...and understanding the importance of everyone reading that book. Well, this book is that important, this book is a must read. However most young adult books have been great, Harry Potter, Jason Steed, Twilight.
I am going to go back and read this author's other book, I don't know how it can measure up to this one, but if it is half as good, I am in for a treat.
Harrowing! October 21, 2008
I found this book to be really quite disturbing and sad; I couldn't stop thinking about it long after I had finished it! It took a while for me to get into at first as the writing style is certainly different to any that I have come across before and I found it to be a little childish at times. However, I am glad that I stuck with it as it turned out to be a really poignant and deeply moving insight into life as a Jew in Germany during WW2.
One word- Excellent! October 21, 2008
This has to be one of the best books I have ever read. You are able to connect with the characters and it really triggers your emotions. Beautifully written and wonderfully narrated. If you are unsure whether to buy the book, I would say that you definatley should. Markus Zusak is an amazing author and I look forward to reading more of his work.
One of the year's best books October 20, 2008
My wife raved about this book, which generally means I will give up half way through. However on this one she was spot on. I read it over a weekend, something I haven't done in a long time.
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