OMG. I seriously ended up crying in the airport. This is a perfect book. All should read! 
 The conceit of having Death tell the tale of the Jewish Holocaust is simply genius, and Death's voice is absolutely perfect throughout, not disrespectful but with the calm detachment one would expect from the figure. The characters are all equally amazing, even those with the most minor of parts. Just spending a page with one character tells you more about them than you get from entire chapters in most books. I also loved the focus on the stories so that you learn both about the story itself and the story of how the main character comes to procure it. Anyone who has seen my The Name of the Wind review knows that I love the concept of stories within stories, especially when done as well as this one. The dialogue took a bit getting used to, with the frequent switches to German, but it also captures its subjects beautifully. 
 Warning, this is a book about the Holocaust so you should expect the end to mess you up pretty badly. But it is also one of the best endings I have ever read.