The Book Thief

I just finished listening to the audiobook read by Allan Corduner. He does an amazing job at portraying the different voice that I still can't believe it is the same person. Though I do have a physical copy of the book, so I know for the audiobook you miss out on some of the drawings within, but I think the narration makes up for that.

I love Death as the narrator. It really does give the book a unique style with being gimmicky. This is a character-driven story even though there is a plot there is not much action. It is really getting to know these characters.

The one thing that I find that complain about is that Death will often say what will happen before it does and people have complained that this “spoiled” the book for them. For me, I didn't have a problem with it. Death explains the reason why he does this is that everyone will die, that it is not a secret so he doesn't bother to keep it hidden. What Death does reveal usually is not too specific, so for me the question is not “What will happen?” but “How will it happen?” which is fascinating to have it slowly unfold.