When I first started reading this book I was a little skeptical about how I would like it when I found out that "death" was the narrator. Thank goodness I kept reading. Not only was the story moving (another point of view of Nazi Germany), but the authors chosen words throughout the book. I know this might sound like an oxymoron of some sort, but the book was vivid in it's simplicity. The right words were chosen each and every page to describe thoughts, feelings, and events which made them more real and more true. A story told by a real person feeling real emotions.
By the end of the book you feel as though you really know the characters. You can see them, you grow up with them. You smile in their triumphs, and likewise your heart aches when they feel pain and sorrow. I can be honest in saying that this book moved me to tears.
It's not just a story about Nazi Germany, but rather a story of words and how the words affect us in each of our own ways. Words are an important theme in this book and I highly recommend this book to anyone and recommend a box of tissue near the end too :-)Buy The Book Thief!
