tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855405648160531611.post5201773816815670776..comments2023-09-06T08:01:10.705-04:00Comments on young adult fiction & whiskey sours: Group Read: The Book Thief by Mark ZusakYA fiction and Whiskey Sourshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16081057258753737158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855405648160531611.post-54798801007842723742013-01-31T12:08:03.728-05:002013-01-31T12:08:03.728-05:00YES! I loved that this story was about poor Germa...YES! I loved that this story was about poor Germans. The scene where Han's son is all "How can you be such a coward and not do a thing to help your nation?" It was soooooo powerful, because people have been asking that question ever since the end of the Halocaust, they just mean the opposite thing. Living during something like that isn't any different from living anywhere else... you don't die and take risks for ideals, you do it for the people you love, and I loooooooved that the book seemed to answer the question, "how does this even happen?" Slowly, and then all at once. Just like everything else.<br /><br />Death's narration was so great, because he tried so hard not to care, and yet the death did affect him. It did matter. I loved seeing the little cracks in Death's armor.<br /><br />Totally agree how real the story is. Even with death as a narrator, this book is the kind that feels more real than my actual life.<br /><br />And I love both those quotes about love. Oh goooooooood... I'm crying now. Just as good as HP, but in a totally different way.fakestephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178042157823156839noreply@blogger.com