Post by Amante dei Libri on Jul 18, 2009 2:03:46 GMT -5
This is probably my absolute favorite writer. His books are as follows:
The Underdog (1999)
Fighting Ruben Wolfe (2001)
Getting the Girl (2003)
I Am the Messenger (2005)
The Book Thief (2006)
I've read the last three. Getting the Girl was very well done, but not my usual kind of book, so I didn't like it as much as I could have. I Am the Messenger was very good, but had much more cussing than I usually like, and the ending just plain creeped me out (even if it did get the point of the book across, it was still creepy). But The Book Thief. Oh, The Book Thief. If you have not read this book go out immediately and buy it. It was fabulous, through and through. It's narrated by Death and is set during WWII in Nazi Germany. The main character is a young girl named Liesel Meminger whose mother sends her and her little brother to a foster family. The younger brother doesn't finish the journey, dying along the way. This leads Liesel to steal her first book, A Twelve-Step Guide to Grave-Digging Success. This book is infused with a great sense of humor, a riveting plotline, and a narrator that cannot be beat (literally). I once heard it described as a love-letter to books, to the written word. The ending had me in tears for hours.
For a little while I thought the reason I didn't like Getting the Girl and I Am the Messanger was because they weren't good books. Then I realized it was because they just couldn't match The Book Thief. Then again, no book can in my eyes. It's an absolute piece of art.
The Underdog (1999)
Fighting Ruben Wolfe (2001)
Getting the Girl (2003)
I Am the Messenger (2005)
The Book Thief (2006)
I've read the last three. Getting the Girl was very well done, but not my usual kind of book, so I didn't like it as much as I could have. I Am the Messenger was very good, but had much more cussing than I usually like, and the ending just plain creeped me out (even if it did get the point of the book across, it was still creepy). But The Book Thief. Oh, The Book Thief. If you have not read this book go out immediately and buy it. It was fabulous, through and through. It's narrated by Death and is set during WWII in Nazi Germany. The main character is a young girl named Liesel Meminger whose mother sends her and her little brother to a foster family. The younger brother doesn't finish the journey, dying along the way. This leads Liesel to steal her first book, A Twelve-Step Guide to Grave-Digging Success. This book is infused with a great sense of humor, a riveting plotline, and a narrator that cannot be beat (literally). I once heard it described as a love-letter to books, to the written word. The ending had me in tears for hours.
For a little while I thought the reason I didn't like Getting the Girl and I Am the Messanger was because they weren't good books. Then I realized it was because they just couldn't match The Book Thief. Then again, no book can in my eyes. It's an absolute piece of art.