--Spoiler Alert--
Takes a while to warm up to this book but then the reader has 433 pages to do so. Takes even longer to figure out exactly what is happening, who is doing the acting, and to whom it is happening. The narrator would appear to be the Grim Reaper who continues the story throughout. Just what part the book thief plays in all this is not immediately apparent. Transpires we are transported to a small working class enclave in a suburb of Munich at the outset of WW#2. Hitler’s treatment of the Jews plays a large part in the story. Interesting to learn the experience of ordinary German citizens during the Allied carpet bombing of Germany. The writing style and formatting would probably be best appreciated in hard copy rather than as I read it in e-Book format.
Takes a while to warm up to this book but then the reader has 433 pages to do so. Takes even longer to figure out exactly what is happening, who is doing the acting, and to whom it is happening. The narrator would appear to be the Grim Reaper who continues the story throughout. Just what part the book thief plays in all this is not immediately apparent. Transpires we are transported to a small working class enclave in a suburb of Munich at the outset of WW#2. Hitler’s treatment of the Jews plays a large part in the story. Interesting to learn the experience of ordinary German citizens during the Allied carpet bombing of Germany. The writing style and formatting would probably be best appreciated in hard copy rather than as I read it in e-Book format.
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