A review by fiberreader
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

5.0

It says a lot about this book that when I started it, before going to bed on a day when I'd gotten up at 4 a.m., I read 50 pages before I forced myself to put it down and go to sleep. I was pulled into the story immediately, and it was hard not to sit down and read it all in one day. The method of storytelling is unusual -- the narrator of the book is death, and it jumps back and forth in time a bit. The writing is a treat, with unusual descriptions and unexpected turns of phrase.

I will admit that I cried at the end, both because of the resolution of the story and because I was sad that I was finished with it. This book easily makes my top five reads for the year.