111 Book Review: The Book Thief
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
*checks notes*, *rifles through notes again* Wait, I’m supposed to write a comedic book review about a Holocaust book? Oof, here goes.
This isn’t your average World War II HistFic (HisFic? HistorFic?). The classic approach is to paint all Germans as Satan-possessed Nazis; this book switches up the play.
Instead, you’re dropped into the middle of a small German town following Liesel Meminger, a total book nerd (+10 for favorability on book review blogs). What you see through Liesel’s eyes is not only the horrors of Double-Dubs: Part Two: The Reckoning, but also the complete humanity of German citizens who weren’t Nazis.
Chef’s kiss: the narrator leaves you haunted by humans.
TL;DR: Foster child steals book from gravedigger; it turns her to a life of repeat crime; everyone dies (like, eventually).
My rating: 10 out of 11 Stolen Books
Get it here:
- IndieBound (print, U.S.)
- Better World Books (print, worldwide)
- Apple Books (electronic)
- Google Play Books (electronic)
- IndieBound (audio)
Oh, you liked it? Well then, try: If on a winter’s night a traveler (another book about books)
