The book thief is a gift from my girlfriend, so naturally i have to write this first la.. i don't want later kena from her... hehe....
anyway, this book is written by Markus Zusak, and the book is one of the New York Times Bestsleer book, and i definately think this book is really worth that title.
This book's background is during the Nazi's rise. Even though i don't know much about history of Nazi, but this book has given quite clear projection of what happened roughly during that period of time. names such as holocaust, jewish, nazi, hitler, and mustache really make me want to do more research on these subjects... :) overall this book is excellent for people either know or don't know the history of Nazi or WW II.
One of the more interesting style that differentiate this book with other book is that the narrator is "Death", aka the "Grim Reaper". Unlike the Grim Reaper that we know, a skeleton figure with a black hood and large scythe, this Grim is kinda like a traveller that go from one place to another place, collecting souls. So rest assure that this book is not scary at all... not even when people are dying here and there...
The Heroine is a little girl named Lisa Meminger. She is "The Book Thief", because... well... she steal books. this book is not concentrated on how she steal her book, but it emphasize on how she react with other people during that sad era. those people included her foster parents, her neighbour boy (the only boy that really care for her), and a jewish (that time nazi want all jewish die, so having a relationship with a jewish is very dangerous at that time).
In short, this book is about a girl who was given to another family for better living and life. she lost her brother during the trip, and her mother are not capable of taking care of them. The next part of the book focus more on how she start to learn reading through her stolen book, how she cope with the new environment, how she survive the war, and how she make fiends and change other people's life. This book is full of jokes, tears, death, books, friendship, and a little bit of love...
personally, my eyes was "moist" at the end of the story. quite touching o... the best part is that the bopok reveal the ending already, but still can deliver such big impact o... so i strongly recommend this book... most parts of the book is very enjoyable, and the way Zusak wrote the book (the use of Death as narrator, and the use of colour to describe everyting), is pure genius... highly recommend to people who wish to have light reading...
Rate: 5 out of 5