The Book Thief

The Book Thief 

Alert: There may be some things that are considered spoilers in this post. 

I am about 60 percent of the way through this audio book.  I normally don’t review a book before I am done reading it, but I am loving this book and I can’t wait to review it.  

First, the narrator the the book is DEATH!! The narrator to me is the best part of the whole book. He is a sweet, loving, wonderful friend who just so happens to be collecting souls of people as they pass.  

The book is set during WWII in Germany and the main Character is a young girl. 

There is some death in this book (outside of the narrator. lol).  But I don’t find it to be the kind of book that makes me cry.  It does approach the gravity of the situation going on but so far has not been too heavy.  

I wish I had read this book in school. It is a story with lots of interest and takes these historical significant events and makes them personal and interesting.  

Here are a couple of my favorite quotes. 

“People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, cloud-spot blues. Murky darkness. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them.” 

― Marcus Zusak

“I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race – that rarely do I even simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant…I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS.” 

― Markus Zusak

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