Book Review #18:The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I was given a recommendation to read this book. BOO HISS!!! It sucked! I think the problem was that they said that they loved Eclipse, but loved The Book Thief more. This comparison was the worst in history! It's like comparing chocolate to steak! They're not even comparable! If some one recommended a book and compared it to Eclipse, wouldn't you naturally think that it would contain a little bit of fantasy, something like Vampires, magic or something to that effect? It's honestly more like The Kite Runner or A Thousand Splendid Suns, but like a million times worse! It takes place in Nazi Germany and it tells a story of a little German girl and her life and hardships during the holocaust. I appreciate history related books. I can handle a tragedy. But this ended so horribly and sad that it made me feel worse for reading it. There wasn't anything to it really. It has won awards, and got really good reviews, but I think its more about the Author's writing style than the story itself. I didn't feel any connection to the characters, and I felt like I was out of the loop, like an inside joke that I didn't get. It was choppy, and depressing. It also seemed to be that it would make a better movie than a book, and I don't think I've ever thought that in my life about a book! I think they would get the point across better and the emotional aspect of it would be more dramatic. Truthfully, it seemed like a screenplay! I would not recommend it! My rating....D-