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  • reviewkitten Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel 23rd Sep 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I really enjoyed reading Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. A chance find at a railway station branch of WHS whilst browsing for a good read for a long train journey that proved to be a great choice.

    The story is subtle and wonderfuly delightful. The narration by death gives it a different twist as the ...

  • csouthafricap 9th Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I love the alternative narrative voice, which resulted in the novel being a 'breath of fresh air' to read. As cliche as that phrase may be, it truly does describe this simple, yet poignant tale of a young girl. I would definitely reccommend the book to everyone as I feel it is a story that we could ...

  • Guest 19th Aug 2008

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    When 'The Book Thief' gets interesting it's ok but it takes about 200 pages out of about a 500 page book to do so. I don't recommend this book at all.

  • Guest 17th Aug 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I was deeply moved by this, mostly because of the innocence of the children as they struggle to understand the barbaric cruelty and intolerance of adults. Fortunately this cruelty is more than balanced by the wonderful humanity of Papa Huberman, who gives the reader faith that people can do the righ ...

  • Guest 13th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The book starts with a 9 year old girl callen Liesel Meminger who loses her brother and at the funeral steals a book from a gravedigger. She has to be fostered because her mum is being taken away and her foster-father teaches her to read. She becomes friends with her neighbour Rudy. The book is amaz ...

  • Harriet Klausner 16th Feb 2006

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    The Book Thief
    Markus Zusak
    Knopf, Mar 2006, $16.95
    ISBN: 0375831002

    During World War II near Munich, Germany, nine year old Liesel Meminger finds a tome "The Gravedigger's Handbook" while attending her younger brother's funeral. Unable to resist she takes the book with her. However, she is ...