I was leary when I started this, I've never been a fan of books set in Nazi German and I have NO idea why. It's just not an era that I enjoy reading from. 
 But I heard rave reviews about The Book Thief, even some calling it the best book ever and others claimed "it changed my life". I kid you not. 
 I read fast. Usually finishing books within a day no matter their size. But I found myself reading this one slow, it took me an entire 3 days to finish, something that never happens. But it was so mesmorizing. I didn't want it to end. I wanted to learn everything I could about Liesel + Rudy + Hans + Max + even Rosa. 
 I would not go so far as to say that this was the best book ever (though it is in my top probaby ten or so) and I definitely wouldn't go so far as to say it changed my life. But it was a very very very good book. 
 I loved the narrative of Death. I loved the way it was written in that it wasn't a set timeline, Death jumped ahead and said yea this is going to happen so be ready for it, and that didn't take away from the happiness/sadness/anger/etc that I still felt when I read it. 
 I will say though that there is one itty bitty detail that was got given that I really would have liked to have known. I won't say what it is, bc it's at the very end and I don't want to ruin anything for anyone, but it doesn't say something that I wish it would have told us and while it is nto a huge deal it leaves me wondering. But maybe that is a good thing bc I can thus make an accusation and live oblivious to the fact of if it's true or not. I can just imagine that my ending is true and live happily ever after.