I am still somewhat shell-shocked from this novel and cannot do it justice, but I don't think I will ever be able to write the kind of review of it that I would like. Suffice it to say that it was beautifully written with wonderful characters. I liked the use of Death as the narrator; it's something that could easily feel silly and gimmicky, but didn't come off that way to me at all. I will say, though, that while I was expecting a sad ending (to be sure, a novel set in Nazi Germany that had a completely happy ending would just feel wrong), I was not expecting to be so devastated for so long. Have the tissues ready.