The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
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Author: Markus ZusakEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-03-14
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Book Review: Difficult to read this book to the end
Summary: 1 Stars
Forcing myself to finish this book for my book club, I am curious about our upcoming discussion since I've heard many positive comments. As a school librarian, I immediately decided it was not written was in a style I enjoyed, but wrote that off to the author's desire to pull in YA readers. Then I began to be aware that there might be parents who would not appreciate some of the off-color language presented to their children. Whereas I normally enjoy the use of figures of speech, it became annoying how frequently the author used metaphors and similes with regard to death -- they were used ad infinitum. Knowledge of history was an important ingredient in understanding the content. I question that this book should have been published for the YA level. It hovered between youth and adult fiction too frequently to be enjoyed by this reader. I called my friend who purchased the book for her granddaughter to say that she might want to read it before giving it as a gift.
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