The Book Thief
I thought this was a wonderful book and generally agree with
the many positive reviews on Good Reads and other book sites. It took me a
while to be comfortable with the narrative device which seemed to me to be forced early on but eventually appreciated the
unique perspective and attempt at experimental fiction. The story was riveting and made it difficult to put the book down.
However, I was reading this book during the two presidential
conventions and I could not keep those current events out of my mind. The descriptions of Jewish people trudging
through the streets of the character's neighborhood on their way to Dachau reminded me of
the millions of immigrants to be forced through our streets as they make their
way to the deportation camps in Trump’s America. The book’s characters lived in
a state of fear that reminded me of Trump’s “Law and Order” acceptance speech
and his executive orders that would change America. A final observation
triggered by this book would be the knowledge that Hitler came to power winning
an election not by a majority vote but because the opposition was divided.
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