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The Book Thief (SPOILERS)
Several of you read this book, right? I just finished last night. Care to discuss?
Re: The Book Thief (SPOILERS)
I would like to discuss with you.
First of all, did you love it?
LOVED it. I want to read it again but my TBR list is so long.
Here's my extended ending: Liesel and Max are married and the three children she had are his
A little too romantic for the book, huh?
I'm so glad you both loved it. I remember sobbing like crazy, too.
LVila, I think you're right that your extended ending is probably too hopeful.
Two of my favorite things about the book were how the plot unfolded and the connections between characters.
I also found it really interesting to read from the perspective of Death.
I think I might be the only person on the planet who did not love this book.
Something about death being the narrator felt too hokey to me. Also given the subject matter, I wanted it to pull on my heart strings more. It is the holocaust, I feel like I should have been more upset or more disturbed.
I completely agree. When I first started it I thought Death narrating was going to be strange, but it was very well done. And I loved the character development. Definitely one of the top 5 books I've read.
I liked that it was such a nontraditional holocaust story. I'm sorry you didn't love it, though. I hate it when everyone around me loves something and I'm just "meh" about it.
It was sort a suspend disbelief thing for me.
I think part of the problem may have been that the book was over hyped for me. Every where I went people raved about it.
I really liked the way the book was laid out, too. Death's interjections in the bold print right in the center of the page... I kind of got the feeling that Death was sassy, but very compassionate. Like a cool old friend or something.
Maybe her husband is Rudy's dad? Ugh. I wish it told us. I wanted a little bit more of what happened to her after the bombing.
Okay, so it's been two years (pretty much exactly--I read it while L was in Cali) since I read this one and at first I was confused about who Max was.
I was confusing him with Rudy.
As for the ending, I think it's supposed to be enough that Liesel is able to find some happiness and peace in her life. That's what the author really wants us to know--it isn't supposed to matter who she finds it with because whoever he is, he isn't Rudy.
Normally I prefer endings to wrap things up nicely, but in this case I wasn't entirely bothered by the bit of uncertainty.
I finished it five minutes ago. I'm still sniffly.
I'm not too bothered by not knowing who she married, but I think there's a good chance that it was Max. It just makes sense. That's who I assumed she married as I finished the book. They had such a special connection. Thank goodness Max lived. I don't think I could have handled it if he died too.
I was okay with Death as a narrator. I kept thinking that it's a story about everyday life in Germany during WWII, just a few miles from Dachua. How do you tell that story from an adult's perspective? The convoluted feelings and level of awareness, yet denial that they must have experienced. It made sense that the story was told through the eyes of a child (innocent and relatively unknowing) and Death (who saw and knew everything).
I really enjoyed the book, but I can't say I loved it. I'm not sure what's holding me back from loving it. Maybe because it was just so heavy. I can't bring myself to love a book that is so heavy, throughout. I mean, it's narrated by Death. It starts off with Liesel's brother dying, and ends with almost everyone else she knows dying.
I can't believe this is an YA book, given the content. Wow.