Markus Zusak
3 of 5 Stars
552 pg., U.S. paperback
Knopf
One Star for Character Development
One Star for Plot
One Star for Ending
I LOVE the characters in this book...and that's basically the only thing I love about this book.
Liesel Meminger, the Book Thief, is the main character is the main character of this book. She develops an obsession of saving books from Nazi Book Burnings. The book is told by Death, one of my new favorite narrators of literary history.
Since this takes place in Nazi Germany, some German language is used so there is a key here and there.
The plot, like I said, is Liesel Meminger saving books from Burnings and the consequences that come with that, seeming as she is a foster child...and it's illegal.
The ending is wah-wah sad. I do like, however, when Death talks about "the color of the sky", which is mentioned at the beginning of the book, describing the scene of a death. Liesel's friend dies, and the sky is described by Liesel as silver. AND Liesel kisses Rudy.
Liesel + Rudy = LOVE
Hahaa...no
Sorry this review was pretty crappy. When I have more time...and a better book with content that I can rave about...the reviews will be better, I SWEAR.
Big announcement at the end of the week:)
--Riley
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