Current music obsession: Erin McCarley
Current book: The Book Thief
Current emotion: on the brink of tears
I just finished reading the book thief. It was one of the best books I've read. It tells the story of a young girl during the holocaust. What made the book unique was that it was set from the point of view of the Angel of Death, and surprisingly was not about a Jew.
When I think of WWII an the holocaust, I always think of the persecution and murder of thousands of Jews. I don't picture what happened to the everyday people of Germany or any country in the middle of the war.
I fell in love with Liesel Meminger and the beloved boy with hair the color of lemons. Each page of the book was unique and special. Finding myself at the end, I was sad to find it was over. I hoped more than anything that it would end how I wanted it to. But if it had, it would not have been honest and I don't think I could have truly been satisfied.
I cried through the last couple chapters of this book. Anyone that doesn't missed the point completely. Ironically, the Jew is one of the only people that survives in the end. It was beautifully written and in a style I have not yet encountered before. I hope the next book I read will measure up.
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That story is one I recently purchased and read, each happening within a matter of hours of each other. It is now one of my most beloved books, and I felt the same way you did about the approach to the plot. I was so intrigued by the narrating of Death and by the focus on a blonde, non-Jewish citizen of Germany. You should read the Markus Zusak's, the author, other book "I Am the Messenger", if you haven't already. I really enjoy his deep writing and think you might, too.
Oh! I should also mention two more points:
1] I utterly sobbed through the last chapters of the novel and I completely agree with you. Had the story ended in a different matter, with her foster parents and neighbors survivng and other changed variables, the book would have been less amazing and beautiful to me.
And lastly:
2] I am so glad I read your blog about the book, because despite my knowledge and literature prowess (I am a soon-to-be college Literature major), I notice the irony of Max surviving in Nazi Germany while all the non-Jewish citizens perished. Maybe I coudn't concentrate on the words since my vision was blinded by the flood of tears pouring out of my eyes. Ha!
Anyhow, ttyl.
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