The Book Thief

3.5 stars


I have had this book on my TBR for the longest time but for whatever reason I kept putting it off. I finally read it back in May and while I did enjoy this book I wasn't as into it as much as I thought I would be.

While I can and do appreciate this book and I think everyone should read it it's not without its flaws. I hate to talk negatively about a book that I think is important but I can't look past these flaws.

First off the pacing for the first half of this book is slow. Extremely slow. I like when things are happening in books. Give me some action or drama anything besides just the boring day to day lives of the characters. While it picked up slightly for me about halfway through it didn't really hook me until the last 50 pages give or take.

When you first start this book it will immediately pull at your heartstrings and it will continue to do that throughout the book but it's not as impactful as it could be because the narrator spoils the characters deaths for you before they actually happen which bugged me so much.

What made me want to read this book to begin with was that it is narrated by death. It's unique and I loved that about this book.

Like I said I do appreciate this book and overall I did enjoy it and I think this is a book that everyone should read at some point and I can totally see why so many people love this book but I didn't love it as much as I hoped I would.