Hi everyone! So The Book Thief is the first book I read this summer, and I would recommend it highly. Because this novel is set in Nazi Germany, I am glad I read it after I learned about WWI and WWII in World History because I probably wouldn't have understood the book very well otherwise.
The book basically follows the story of Liesel, an German foster child, and her various adventures stealing books with her bff Rudy Steiner. Over the course of the novel, Liesel develops a relationship with her foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubermann and their family ends up illegally harboring a Jew.
This book would probably fall under the Historical Fiction category I suppose, and I generally don't read books in this genre. Prior to reading The Book Thief I had the impression that historical fiction novels are boring and textbook-like but this book definitely changed that impression.
My favorite part of this book was how it was narrated by Death. I though that was really creative and I liked how Death would tell the reader about all the different places he went to collect dead people. For example, there was this one passage where he goes the Battle of Stalingrad and picks up alot of people which I found interesting since I had just learned about this battle in World History. Although the narration by Death was my favorite part, it was also my least favorite part in some ways because he always ruined the surprise and told you everything that was going to happen before it happened.
I also felt that the storyline of hiding a Jew in the basement wasn't that original since most books of this time period had a Jew hiding somewhere or the other.
In the end, I would give this book ★★★ 3 stars and recommend it to anyone who has taken World History!
--Parul Singh
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