The Book Thief (tiktok Made Me Buy It! The Life-affirming Reader Favourite)

By (author) Markus Zusak; By (author) Zusak Markus
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''Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH
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What readers are saying about The Book Thief:

***** ''I loved every page of this book.

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''Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner'' Guardian
''Brilliant and hugely ambitious'' New York Times
''Extraordinary'' Telegraph
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HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH
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What readers are saying about The Book Thief:

***** ''I loved every page of this book. So many great quotes, observations on humanity and images...I just didn''t want it to end.
***** ''I loved this book. It is not only one of the best I''ve read this year, it is one of the best I''ve ever read.''
***** ''This is the sort of book the restores your faith in humanity and leaves you feeling uplifted, even when it makes you shed a tear.

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Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry.
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...a beautifully balanced piece of storytelling...Unsettling, thought-provoking, life affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner.
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A moving work which will make many eyes brim.
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This is a weighty novel worthy of universal acclaim. A sense of dread prevades this beautifully written novel. As The Book Thief draws to a close, Death says: "There''s a multitude of stories that i allow to distract me as I work." The story of the Book Thief, who tried to change the world in her own small way, proves one formidable and inspiring distraction.
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Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that could be life-changing
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...breathtakingly good.
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A magical tale.
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...a fantastic book...it packs a huge emotional punch.
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A tonic much needed amid the ominous menace of an era of such calamity.
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Quirky, engaging and beautifully written
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His faith in the transformative power of storytelling bestows this gentle but worthwhile novel with its own narrative strength and power.
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Absorbing and searing
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A major achievement
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Deserves a place on the shelf with The Diary of Anne Frank - set to become a classic
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Zusak makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable in the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse 5, with grim, darkly consoling humour
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Zusak''s playfulness with language leavens the horror and makes the theme more resonant - words can save your life ...It''s a measure of how sucessfully Zusak has humanized these characters that even though we know they are doomed, it''s no less devastating when Death finally reaches them
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One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years
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