Beth F
bermudaonion (Kathy)
Sandy
Stephanie
Trisha
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I’m going to make this REALLY quick, because there are proably literally HUNDREDS of reviews of “The Book Thief” around and you’ve probably already seen quite a few of them. If you want to see a few more, I did a search in the Book Blogger Search Engine (Google-based). There are some great reviews there on the front page, so go crazy.
“The Book Thief” follows the story of a young girl, Liesel, in Germany during World War II. This might seem sort of cliche, but the story is narrated by Death, which I’m guessing you’ve never seen before. Death is a bit of an odd narrator, he frequently skips ahead in the story, telling the reader what is going to happen then going back ahd showing how it did happen.
This was a very enjoyable, readable young adult book. I don’t know that I enjoyed it quite as much as everyone else – beware the hype monster, he can set expectations far too high – but I did like it quite a bit. If you want more information than that, check out some of the other book blogger reviews or, better yet, pick up “The Book Thief.”
Buy this book from:
Powell’s.
A local independent bookstore via Indiebound.
Amazon.
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I bought this on Buy Indie Day and can’t wait to read it.
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I really liked this novel….I’ve added the link to your review here: http://www.savvyverseandwit.com/2008/07/more-than-stolen-books.html
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I’m very much interested in this one. It is one of those instances where I feel I’m one of the last on earth to read it! I read a book not long ago called “Castle in the Forest” by Norman Mailer. It is narrated by one of the devil’s minions, who has been assigned to watch over Hitler from his birth to his death, making sure he fulfilled the devil’s expectations. Amazing stuff. Much of Hitler’s youth was researched at length, but Mailer takes some poetic license, and it is a joy to read his dry wit and humor.
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Well, I for one am with you on this book. I fell for the hype monster. It wasn’t a bad book by any means, but I had it so built up in my mind that I was disappointed. I thought The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was far, far better.
Thanks for the review…I feel better knowing I’m not the only one who felt this way!
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I love coming here to catch your reviews. They’re always ones on my shelf that I have yet to get to. lol. I’m glad you liked this one.
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The hype monster (great term!) can be killer.
But I loved every second of this book anyway.
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I have this on my shelf waiting to be read. I haven’t read too many reviews of it myself (I tend to shy away from reviews of books that I own but haven’t yet read), but I do have pretty high expectations from it based on what I’ve heard. You raise an interesting point about hype — sometimes it is too much and it’s a rare book that can live up to already heightened expectations.
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I bought this back in February, and it’s definitely on my shelf… haha. It looks great, and I’ve only heard great things. I can’t wait to read it.
I’m glad you liked it!
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It’s hard to believe I still haven’t read this! I think I have owned it since it came out. I keep starting it, but so far I haven’t enjoyed it as much as others… One day I will sit down and read it until the end, though! I am planning for the summer.
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Glad you enjoyed it. I absolutely loved it! It took about 20 pages for me to get into the story, but then I couldn’t put it down.
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I resisted reading this because of the hype monster, but I was so happy that I picked it up (on my niece’s recommendation). Well worth the read.
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I totally loved this book and I read it before the hype so I wasn’t set up one way or another on preconceived notions….I recommend it a lot to my more mature 8th graders and we’ve had some interesting talks about it.
Staci’s last blog post..Review: The Chosen One and Giveaway
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I read this book for my book club right when I started my book club and I didn’t know of any of the hype. I really enjoyed it, it was different.
Natasha @ Maw Books’s last blog post..The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris
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I have this one on my shelf but have resisted reading it because of what you dub “the hype monster” (love that term, by the way.) I’m going to get to it sometime soon, hopefully! I’m encouraged that you enjoyed it, even with all the hype.
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I tried reading this book recently and I just couldn’t get past Death’s little announcements. I found them very irritating, so I returned the book to the library. Maybe another day..
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I think because of the hype monster I put off reading this book until it was required by my YA Lit class. Then I fully expected myself to not like this book because it had a raved-about status. Then I feel in love with it while reading. It happens.
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