The Book Thief: TikTok made me buy it! The life-affirming international bestseller

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‘Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner’ Guardian
‘Brilliant and hugely ambitious’ New York Times
‘Extraordinary’ Telegraph
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HERE IS A SMALL FACT – YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION – THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH
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What readers are saying about The Book Thief:

***** ‘I loved every page of this book. So many great quotes, observations on humanity and images…I just didn’t want it to end.
***** ‘I loved this book. It is not only one of the best I’ve read this year, it is one of the best I’ve ever read.’
***** ‘This is the sort of book the restores your faith in humanity and leaves you feeling uplifted, even when it makes you shed a tear.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01B2DJKHC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Transworld Digital; 10th Anniversary edition (8 March 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 14217 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 499 pages

Reviewer: Barnika B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A must read
Review: WW fictions always stimulate a different kind of interest in me. I’m not at a pro level in reading this genre but read only a few. At this point, quite obviously, The Book Thief caught my attention few months back and have got my inquisitive eyes upto the last word only a couple of days back.I have cried. It has torn my heart apart..Just to write the story in brief and add a few sentences regarding my opinion is not what the book deserves when subjected to talk about. There is much more. Imagine you are leaving your parents and home at the age of 9 just because your father being ‘kommunistisch’ and not supporting the dictatorship. That’s what the situation of Liesel Meminger, the protagonist, when she was made upto live with her foster parents and her little brother died in train, in front of her eyes. The story starts..A lot of good and bad things happen with Liesel, just like in our daily lives, make her to grow up mentally, emotionally which are bound to held the reader’s attention in tight grip. The wailing of war affected helpless people is all over throughout the book along with the merriment and flattery gleaning of the dictator. .Among these what prevails is the humanity. It shows how a genuine kindness doesn’t get affected by any excuse of fear or something. It shows how to love a person unconditionally irrespective of race, age, gender, relationship. It shows how our default inner being is immaculate and full of love and kindness until we violate it by our so called ‘growth’ and ‘elderliness’. Plus there is the power of words which are described masterfully by the author in two alternate ways..Its really difficult to express my thoughts on “The Book Thief” in small space. The importance and impact of being kind is what we should learn. The book is enough to question our so called ‘humanity’..Although some people says that this book is only to get hype by manipulating the readers emotionally, I don’t agree with this point of view. I think its worthy to feel a bit of sadness and pain, atleast through the words, of the poor people affected by the ruthlessness and warmonging nature of vile people. And if you think deeper you can see the picture is quite same even today. Power is ruling all over and persecuting common people and classified them according to the amount of money the people have..The book is loud and subtle at the same time. There is so much into the lines and so much between the lines. The writing is an artistry. And the message is quite clear. If you really assimilate the book you will definitely think twice before being unkind to people around you.

Reviewer: Rahul
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best thing you’ll read
Review: This is the second time I am purchasing the book thief to read the extra content in the Anniversary edition. It’s the most heart touching nover I have ever read.I don’t wanna spoil anything about it. Buy it and read it for yourself.The print and the delivery was perfect

Reviewer: Sameen Borker
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful Book
Review: From the perspective of children, most societal discrimination is somewhat bleached while their immediate universe is always in focus. When Scout narrated To Kill a Mockingbird, we witnessed a town enveloped in racism but what stayed with us most are the actions of an honourable man and the bylanes of friendship formed between people under unnatural circumstances. Therefore, when Liesel Meminger narrates her story in The Book Thief, it is punctuated with the shadows of a mass genocide but it also, at a visceral level, the story of a little girl. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a story about a girl’s life narrated in her own words albeit by Death.Opening with the death of Leisel’s brother aboard a train across Germany, this book introduces the narrator Death who tells us a “small fact” – You are going to die. Left in the care of the Hubermann’s by her Communist mother, Liesel is plagued by the memory of her brother’s death. While she has a foul-mouthed foster-mother in Rosa Hubermann, her foster-father Hans Hubermann is every daughter’s dream come true. Liesel grapples with routine nightmares of her brother’s death only to be calmed down by her foster-father who then spends a good part of the night reading to his daughter. When this becomes a way of life no one realizes, but Hans spends every night – rather early morning – reading to Leisel and teaching her how to read.Leisel gets comfortable in her new neighbourhood, and she befriends the boy with lemon coloured hair – Rudy Steiner. Together, they play football, steal eatables, wreak havoc, and even fall in love. In her new way of life, Leisel’s painter father teaches her the alphabet in the basement by painting them on walls, her mother makes awful pea soup for dinner, she hangs around with her best friend Rudy, and she steals books from book burnings and the mayor’s house to satisfy her thirst for stories and more importantly, words. All is well (apparently) until one night, a Jew, Max Vanderberg, comes to the Hubermann household seeking refuge. Neither knowing the consequences nor fully comprehending the fear, Leisel realizes, among other things, that she’s not the only one who has nightmares.The Hubermann’s lock up Max in the basement and now Liesel has a secret to hide – from everyone including Rudy Steiner. How she goes on to grasp what’s really happening in her life and the bond she develops with Max are some of the highlights of the story. Whether they get caught, whether they are executed, does Max survive, does Leisel survive, are questions that you should answer for yourself when you read this book.In writing this book and making Death as the narrator, Markus Zusak has employed one of the best literary voices – that of a child. It’s a tad bit easy not to focus on the concentration camps and the grim of Hitler because you’re busy hiding Leisel’s secret with her and describing the weather to Max. It’s relieving to not know the inner workings of Hans’ mind while hiding Max because he’s being the best-ever father and best-ever husband in times of a crisis. Like I said, the horrors are camoflaged by the gears of interwoven relationships. Not to say that they are absent entirely.In a few places the book winds you up a little. It could have been shorter, true that. However, the descriptions of clouds, the bonding between Hans and Leisel, and Leisel and Max more than make up for the long narration. Also, Rosa Hubermann surprises the reader by becoming the mother and wife that she was all along. It’s a powerful story, written very well, and sends a subtle message – words are powerful. Words can make you live or die, so be careful which ones you choose. Of course, there are references to how Hitler brought a whole nation to its destruction by his words. In sharp contrast, a family gets along day-on-day by using words the right way. The book is titled so because of many reasons, I suppose. The tangible act of theft and the intangible bridge that books create for Leisel to pull through every day in their refuge. The Book Thief is a splendid story about a girl, her family, her friendships, Death, and above all the triumph of the human spirit.I would have been proud to present this book to Hitler and say, “Dude, they sheltered a Jew. And if I could help them to do it again, I would. What are you going to do about it?”Originally Published Here: [……]

Reviewer: Krishna V Chaudhary
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Awesome
Review: An excellent read, how beautifully writer described the story of an inocent girl during Nazi Regime.

Reviewer: R24
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ottima edizione con copertina flessibile. Altezza del carattere perfetta tranne nelle pagine, che sono pochissime, in cui vengono riportati i disegni e le relative dedcrizioni testuali del libro che Max Vandenburg stava scrivendo per Liesel Meminger.

Reviewer: Habiba
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Came a little later than expected but I was in no rush. Plus with the current pandemic, it is understandable! I reached out to the library and they were very kind and helpful. The book itself IS JUST AWESOME!!! It also came with a page saver thing. Overall, very pleased with the purchase!

Reviewer: Katerina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: El libro lo estamos leyendo con mi hijo de 13 años. La historia interesante para su edad y provoca interés por la historia de la Guerra. En cuanto acabemos, vamos a ver la película.

Reviewer: “olavolijfje”
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is amazing! Original, moving and stark writing.Can’t wait to see the movie and see if they stayed with this incredible story.Highly recommended!

Reviewer: joan welke
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A wonderful story I could not put the book down until the end.

4.5

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