Personally, we began reading this book so that we did not receive a bad grade in our English class. We didn’t like it at first and thought it was boring. However, we began and started to crave and have interest in The Book Thief. Markus Zusak, the author, made us feel as if we were sitting right next to the main character (Liesel). In the book it describes every little detail, and because of this, readers are able to tell how and who describes this image. As the book went on, Zusak was always showing us how powerful words can be, and that is one of the reasons we liked this book.
After finishing this book, we wondered about the author, Markus Zusak, and what his reasons for writing The Book Thief were. We searched and searched on reasons why Markus Zusak wrote this book, and we found at Steppen Wolf’s article called Watch And Listen that he wrote a page about a girl stealing a book in modern day Sydney, Australia. However, as time went on in Australia and Zusak learned about his parents World War II story, Zusak thought of making a book with a thief and the war, so he did. As stated in the article of Steppen Wolf’s, Markus Zusak, “stopped worrying about the audience and what they would think. There’s a moment where you realize you've cared for the audience all the way throughout writing the book.” Markus Zusak’s life started early in writing; he had realized he wanted to write during his teen years. He has mainly spent most of his time around books and writing. He had finished his book by age 18, but it took seven years after to get it published. All Zusak wanted was for people to realize that not everyone was following Hitler’s rule. 
Markus Zusak, with all his creativity, has a very good way of introducing his main characters and weaving them over and under the other characters. He intertwines them with the others and develops them while telling the story. And Zusak has many interesting characters. One of those characters, who is also the narrator, is Death. He plays a main part in the book, but he is also the one who is explaining what is happening. Some more characters are, smart Liesel, carefree Rudy, and loving Hans. Zusak wraps them in layers of friendship, love, and the power of words.
This theme, the power of words, is introduced with the books the book thief steals, with the reading that is so important to the Hubermanns, and the friendship bond that happens with words. This book is full of themes and lessons for all ages, and things that kids and adults can understand. Zusak makes the themes pop out at you, without strictly mentioning them. Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief is an amazing book, and one we wish to share with others.
Also, while we are on the subject of it being an amazing book, there were many things we liked. One of the things that we liked about the book, is how Death is the narrator. As a result of Markus Zusak writing through Death’s point of view it gave us as a reader a very different aspect from any other book. Another thing that we liked about the book is the significant amount of description. As a result of the remarkable description you truly feel as if you are living in a small house on Munich Street; feeling the joys, and pains that the young Liesel Meminger feels. Although as group we felt that sometimes it was almost hard to follow along with what is happening during the story, it doesn’t subtract from the interesting plot and story.
So even though we started The Book Thief  to get a good grade, we ended up liking it and being very grateful to our English teacher for having us read this remarkable book. We think you should read it and hope if you do you will enjoy it. This is a book that teens and adults will find meaning in, and can personally connect to. We hope you found this review useful.