I started the Book Thief like 2 months ago and I am must say the book was quite fascinating!
The story basically follows through a girl Liesel who goes to live with her foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann in Himmel Street. It is set in Nazi Germany and basically is a narration of her life by a very interesting narrator, death...
Long story short, this novel is a manuscript of Liesel's life, that she will write during the course of her life and lends it to death when he comes to finally pick her up. We see her grow from adjusting to her new life with her new family, finding new friends, providing concealment to a Jewish man, whom she grows close enough to share her interest in literature, a huge library belonging to the mayor and her hobby of stealing books that the German officials wanted to destroy starting from a book she found at a graveyard.
Every book she steals is a symbol of what she is going through at that point in her life. It sort of aids to the story she wants to tell, relating to the readers on a personal level.
By the way, these are all the books she steals 😁
The Gravedigger's Handbook, The Dog Named Faust, The Lighthouse, The Shoulder Shrug, The Whistler, The Mud Men, The Standover Man, The Dream Carrier, A Song in the Dark, Under the Cherry Tree, The Tenth Lieutenant, The Last Human Stranger and The Rules of Tommy Hoffman
Would I recommend you read the book: Immensely
Rating: 5 stars (I loved it so much)
A part that Captured me: The narration
The character I resonated with most: Honestly, Death
Let me know what you think of it!
