Books: The Book Thief

Anna Lewis replied in a book from a different perspective

OK, I have just finished. I have to admit there were quite a lot of tears at the end but I did realy like how the book finished. I am often disappointed with the endings of books, feeling that they don’t quite close things off but I did feel quite’at peace’ at the end of this one. Despite my initial reservations, I think that the style of the book worked really well, particularly in the narration by Death, and his intermittent interjections that helped structure the novel and draw attention to the important themes. A real masterpiece that made me want to learn much more about that period of history, particularly from the German side.