The Book Thief - MUST read

[katiekittlemouse]

I have just finished this book - it's brilliant! Well written, unusual, harrowing, sad, and in parts funny....
Everyone should read it!! What did you think?
It sits now on my shelf of the best books I've ever read with The Secret History, Shantaram and The Kite Runner.

I read The Alchemist when it first came out about 15 years ago, so don't remember it in detail. A bit allegorical especially re Freemasonry, so it was a bit more interesting than the average sentimental fairy tale of the moment. From what I recall, it was full of truisms, simple words of wisdom, etc so yes it did bore me to death as well.

The Alchemist was better than The Book Thief, imho. At least it was written for an adult audience and had a few layers of meaning.

Oh I can't get on with The Book Thief at all. Have tried but oh no. Is it really written for teenagers? That would explain a lot.

Well, Amazon calls it a "young adult book".

Interesting.
Feel better about not being able to connect with it now