Customer Reviews
A truly beautiful book - By: Russ, 19 Nov 2008 
I can't recommend this book highly enough.
It's true that its very setting fills it with sadness but its originality, delicacy, poetry & certainly humour make it a very special book indeed.
I's one of those books that risks making you unpopular as you try desperately to convince everyone you know to read it.
What a gifted writer - By: Rocknrollmommy, 12 Nov 2008 This book was accidently left on a bus & I wasn't even one quarter through. What did I do? I re-purchased it of course, also thanks to the fact that I purchased it both times with a great discount price, how could I not have? I would have missed out the opportunity to read such a good though tragic story. The author makes the story somewhat humorousin some parts to take off the horrific & sorrowful edge of what really happenedin that time of history. It was a lovely read & the description of each character made you feel like you were right there viewing their actions. It was sadin many parts, heartwarmingin others & you grew to like all the protagonists. I also liked the fact that many German words were thrownin & explained or simply translated, making an even more realistic Nazi Germany era impact on the reader. The author is highly talented & very clever.
Incredible - quite possibly the best book ever - By: Serena, 12 Nov 2008 I finished this book last night, rather poignantly on Armistice Day. I was blown away. I had no idea that this was a book for "young adults" but I certainly recommend that everyone of any age reads it. This novel is beautifully written & I found I was carrying the story around with me & thinking about the lives of these characters even when I wasn't actually reading the book. I read most of it on the train & decided to finish it off at home last night - good job I did too because I was literally sobbing my heart out by the end. I don't mean my eyes welled up with tears & I sniffed a little, I mean I was bawling my eyes out. I think quite simply that this is the best book I have ever read - the characters become real & even though you are warned at the very beginning that there will be losses & tragedy, it still hits you like you didn't see it coming. I was rooting for Liesel & her friends & family. I was even moved by the Narrator, Death, whoin one sense claims he is only doing his job (like so many who workedin the Nazi Regime)but who is still touched by the the sparks of light from the human spiritin a world that is awash with darkness. I have never cried so much over a story, nor been so hopeful & uplifted at the same time. I should also mention, by no means as an afterthought, that it is also very very funny, with extra points going to Rosa Hubermann, Liesel's Mama. Please read this story & let it stay with you - discover it for yourself - you won't regret a moment spent on reading it.
Delicately written, thoughtful and meaningful. - By: The Project Manager, 10 Nov 2008 I won't goin to the details of this book because I don't want to ruin any of it for you, the story is very unique & told from an unusual perspective.
I just loved this! It's very rare that I keep hold of a book, I usually pass it to a friend to read but I found myself buying additional copies for my friends so that they could share the beauty of it.
This book is just outstanding! I wouldn't usually read this type of book, I thought it was going to be heart-wrenching & gritty which it actually was, but it was donein such a delicate manner that I just enjoyed reading it so much.
I was quite sorry I read it so quickly, I would have liked to keep the joy of reading it for longer.
Buy it, read it, keep it.
Didn't Quite Steal my Heart - By: Mr. John Frank Herbert, 05 Nov 2008 
An interesting ploy to have DEATH narrate this quaint tale of a young German girl stumbling upon & stealing various books whilst World War 2 & the holocaust is buzzing all around her.
For me it didn't quite hit home as a GREAT, but nonetheless it has a certain charm - & worth a run if you've got the time; at 560 pages you're going to need it as the events are fairly pedestrian.
Oh, give it a go...then tell me I'm wrong!
