The Book Thief

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You’ll all be happy to know I’ve been enjoying my vacation splendidly. I consumed Ella Enchanted first (it being a favorite of my elder sister) and then moved on to the novel that will end up being the subject of what I hope to be a succinct post.

Some Facts
The Book is Narrated by Death Himself
The story is about a little girl named Liesel in Germany during World War II
It has quite a few inserts that look like this

I wasn’t the first person to discover this book and I am quite aware that it was a New York Times best seller in 2006 (thus once again proving I was not the first to discover it), but I must say this online buy Ampicillin book is definitely a thought provoker.

Death often spoils the ending by telling us how people die, but somehow this doesn’t ruin the book. Although I felt suspense at certain points the inevitability of the characters fates was clear. It, however, wasn’t the suspense that drove the book, it was the story and the little snippets of life during a period of history we often look back on with a morbid fascination. This time it isn’t told from the perspective of someone who survived the concentration camps, nor from someone who ran the concentration camps, this time it was told about the families that simply lived in Nazi Germany. Through Liesal, Max, Rosa, and Hans Hubbermans we relearn the power of words at a time when Hitler used them to the greatest effect. We suffered as the German people starved to aid the war effort. We watched in grim horror as the Jews were marched through the town, but felt almost powerless to stop it. We crowded in the shelters full of fear as Munich was bombed. The Book Thief is a story of humans as only Death can describe.

I’d say the whole thing was depressing, but I would be lying if I told you I never laughed. order cheap pharmacy These were doxycycline buy online not some of the passages that caused me to laugh.

“…For some reason, dying men always ask questions they know the answer to. Perhaps it’s so they can die being right.”

“The voices suddenly all sounded the same.
Robert Holtzapfel collapsed purchase cheap pharm to his right, onto the cold and steamy ground.
I’m sure he expected to meet me there and then.
He didn’t.
Unfortunately for the young German, I did not take him that afternoon. I stepped over him with the other poor souls in my arms and made my way back to the Russians.
Back and forth, I travelled.
Disassembled men.
It was no ski-trip, I can tell you.”

If your like me and sometimes don’t read because you don’t have anything on your list or you simply could do something else I really recommend this book. I never imagined a story could be told this way. If you already have a list of must reads then you should probably get working on that. Books aren’t a dead median and in many ways can still tell stories Anime and high budget television studios can’t.

This is just a post for those who might be bored over Christmas Break (not that likely I know). I won’t spoil it for you if you do decide to read it so I’ll end the post here.