Poignant book. It takes you back to the early 1940s during Hitler's reign in Nazi Germany. The author gives you a magnifying glass to look inside what's happening at Munich, at Molching, in Himmel Street and find the humanity amidst pre-judgment brandished over Hitler followers at that time. People were brainwashed by Hitler..but not all of them were.
The book thief is a beautifully raw and sad story of the life of a little girl - her angst, her sorrow, what makes her happy, what motivates her, her friendships and what shaped her to become the woman that she is. (was).
I wished this for our office Kris Kringle and I liked it very much! Reading this over the holidays was a great wake-upper for my long lost book reading soul. It has been awakened and I just bought another book - The Time Traveler's Wife :) Ah, the joy of reading. I feel like I've retrieved a lost part of me by reading again and I didn't have to use an SQL query. hyuk hyuk hyuk.
P.S. The book thief is told from Death's point of view --but not a turn off at all.
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