What stands out in this book is its narrator. He is not a shapeless, faceless voice narrating the story, he is involved in the story line. But he is not human either. In fact he is death, a metaphysical being sneaking in every few pages to tell the reader which soul will next be carried in his arms in the streets of Nazi occupied Germany.
Death is haunted by humans; humans with souls so calm and soft, like 9 year old Leisel Meminger, our heroine.
We share the adventures and feelings of a little girl persecuted by a ruthless government as she grows, makes unlikely friends and falls in love. At the centre of all the various plots within this story lies her passion for reading – and her drive to steal books.
Markus zusak keeps you entertained with his different writing styles. His foreshadowing technique of hints and outright revelations of characters' fates that reveals the outcome of various events in every part of the novel.
Death is haunted by humans; humans with souls so calm and soft, like 9 year old Leisel Meminger, our heroine.
We share the adventures and feelings of a little girl persecuted by a ruthless government as she grows, makes unlikely friends and falls in love. At the centre of all the various plots within this story lies her passion for reading – and her drive to steal books.
Markus zusak keeps you entertained with his different writing styles. His foreshadowing technique of hints and outright revelations of characters' fates that reveals the outcome of various events in every part of the novel.