The Book Thief. “The Extraordinary New York Times #1 BESTSELLER”Oh really?
Unimpressive. Language. Overtly. Pretentious.
Undecipherable. Senseless. Metaphors. Incomplete.
Sentences.
Why, why would someone write like that? Too much repetition, big words which are not required, metaphors which don’t make sense at all. And colors. What is it with colors? Time and again, the author talks of colors. Red sky, gray road, blue sky. Am I missing something? The writing style looks forced upon. The detailed descriptions don’t make sense. Midway the story gets interesting or was it just curiosity getting the better of me? Beats me.
The setting being Germany, a lot of German words are thrown in, however unlike other books, the good thing here is that they are all explained. So now I know a bit of German too. Saukerl and Saumensch, mainly. Personally, I like books with small chapters and even smaller sections in it. Each time I move to a new chapter, it highlights my progress to me. In this aspect, The Book Thief gets full marks. Infact, this might be the only aspect in which it gets any marks at all.
(By the way, Saukerl & Saumensch is when you call someone a pig. Saukerl for a boy, Saumensch for a girl.)
The story was good. But too long. An uncommon narrator, Death, tells about the story of Liesel with her foster parents in
It certainly does not have what the raving reviews claim. All in all, for all those looking to read all the books in the world, I would suggest keeping The Book Thief for later.
Much later.
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no no, its saukerl for a boy and saumensch for a girl. I thought it was a wonderful book, best thing I've read in ages.
Natalie- you were right about the boy/girl mix up I made. Have it corrected now. Thanks for telling :-)
This book is so much more than just colours, colours as the above states. If you love poetry, imagery and beautiful lyrical writing this book is for you. Its funny, sweet and touching without losing its hard edge and the realities of the war. One of my fave parts is the creation of the book 'The standover man'. The story is created ironically by using painted pages from 'Mein kampf'. This book is a gem but can see why people may find it long and trying simply because it is akin tor eading poetry. The phrasing really works the imagination, but for me was a joy from beginning and am nearly at the end . I kept looking at the blurb at the back of the book about the author and marvelling at his poetic wizardry. Really loved this book.
This book is so much more than just colours, colours as the above states. If you love poetry, imagery and beautiful lyrical writing this book is for you. Its funny, sweet and touching without losing its hard edge and the realities of the war. One of my fave parts is the creation of the book 'The standover man'. The story is created ironically by using painted pages from 'Mein kampf'. This book is a gem but can see why people may find it long and trying simply because it is akin to reading poetry. The phrasing really works the imagination, but for me was a joy from beginning and am nearly at the end . I kept looking at the blurb at the back of the book about the author and marvelling at his poetic wizardry. Really loved this book.
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