Life in the Time of COVID-19

The Book Thief  by Marcus Zusak

This book has been on amazon’s top one hundred list for over 668 days.  There has to be a good reason and there is.  This book is fascinating to read.  It was written for young adults but I enjoyed it and as much as I wish i was a young adult, it was definitely a great read. It is well written  The most fascinating things about this book is the reader is lead through the story by “Death” who becomes a character in the book.

The setting of the book is World War II in Nazi Germany.  Europe just reeks from death and yet this character Death does not appear harsh rather it feels resigned to do its jobs in the kindest most humane way possible.  That in itself is an interesting concept after all death comes to a person and robs them of the one thing they cherish the most, life.

We meet Liesel on a train with her mother and brother.  Her brother is very ill and as mentioned Death comes to take hime away.  Liesel's mom can not take care of her and she is left with a Foster familyactually a childless couple.  The story revolves around this family and i found that the relationship between the foster Dad and Liesel to be the most interesting.  He is the one who teaches her to read and begins her path to become The Book Thief.