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‘The Book Thief’ Book Review

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My favorite thing about reading is the perspective shifts that come with being exposed to glimpses of other people’s realities. My favorite thing about fiction is the boundless amount of possibilities that humans’ imagination allows for exploration. Add a fictional perspective to realistic events and you got yourself a book guaranteed to be on my favorites list.

In ‘The Book Thief’, Markus Zusak chose death to narrate his story. Death, the most thought about, discussed, and feared event of every human’s life. An event that humans spend their entire lives trying to avoid yet know so little about. But what if death was a man? What would he have to say on the mess we’ve made of our little world? Continue reading