Book Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Katy January 22, 2013
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By Katy Kelleher
A novel set in Nazi Germany and narrated by the grim reaper doesn't sound particularly whimsical, but Markus Zusak makes the task seem natural, if not easy, in his novel The Book Thief. While not exactly light reading, the young adult story has proved its near universal appeal, spending over 230 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, causing some booksellers to reconsider the "young" label, re-shelving it under "fiction."
As an obsessive reader of YA novels and a firm believer in the idea that story always trumps genre, I find the entire debate over The Book Thief's stat...

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