It's difficult for me to describe exactly how I feel this very moment. I will try, though; this book deserves it. "The Book Thief" is a beautiful tale set in in the most awful of times. The Book Thief is about words and their power. It's about death and life and guilt and remorse and regret and all the bits and pieces that make us human. It's about humans and how we are capable of doing great things, both good and evil. It's about how humans can be sets of gray. In fact, it's about those humans that are somewhat placed in a world where things are very wrong and yet they strive to do good.
This is a powerful book with a powerful message. There is hope, but there is also the very wrenching force of remorse and sadness.
The story revolves around a young girl, the book thief, who did not choose to live in Nazi Germany. She was born into it, and this is her story, how she comes to understand the suffering, and how she deals with it.
This book will touch your soul. This book will have you thinking. This book will challenge you and change you and it will lead you through Liesel's world: those she loved, those she hated, and how everything made her... well, her.
This book is golden.
A word of warning: it is SAD, and it will tear you to pieces. But I promise you, if you read it to the very end, it will find a way to mend you. You will not be the same, you will see life and death differently, but it will shatter you and save you.
Simply put: this book is highly recommended.
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