the book thief

September 12th, 2023

                                                     

if i ever write a book, and were asked by a journalist what book that inspires me to write, The Book Thief is the only perfect answer.

and i will tell the world how it moved me in a way i didnt notice. the writing, the plot, the ... *chef's kiss* especially the writing, i cant seem to get over that. see, i have this imaginary writing tier in my head where i rate authors by their writing. nothing serious, just want to know which author i should devoted my money to. 

bottom tier- the easy one. its not bad, but i can tell its pretty weak. the kind of writing i'd have in high school. easy to understand, not really improve anyone's vocabulary. this one i should give it to jenny han. though she's not a native speaker, so im gonna cut her some slack. 

middle tier- the good one. doenst have much expansive vocab but can produce great sentence with common one. i have to give this one to john green and colleen hoover. i love their writing, the one i look up at a lot as a beginner. not really poetic, but none of them are poets so its forgivable

top tier- the one aspire to write like. i need to read A LOT of books to have this kind of writing. not easy, but not impossible, because in the end im just a girl with immaculate dream. this one should go to terry brooks and alexandra bracken. 

master tier- by just reading it, i know theres no way i can write like this. it'll take years for me, even decades have this kind of writing. every sentence is beautifully poetically written that i had to tab every single word. and this one, none other than markus zusak himself. and i want to have this set of ability before 40. 

not every day i stumble upon a book with this kind of writing, or maybe i just never bother to touch classics. but this one is not classic, and i think we should consider it as one. i dont know what criteria a book needs to has to pass as a classic other than being written hundreds years ago, but the book thief should belong somewhere. somewhere special. 

besides the writing, the plot is good too. its about WW2, and this girl liesel merminger living during that time. it feels like the author really did his research in depth. the middle is somewhat boring, because nothing much happened. i took about 3 to 4 months to finish it because i kept on dnf'd it. but like i used to say, the writing is what take me far. i read start wars prequel movie adaptation novels before, its boring but the writing is what keeps me going. 

the book thief also has a movie. funnily enough, i watched the movie first before i read the book. because at that time, i couldnt afford the book yet and suddenly the movie appeared on hbo so i had to watch it. so i know about the tearjerker ending. it's extremely sad, but i didnt cry because it was just right after sahoor when i finished the movie. but yeah, its devastating. all in all, its a good book. the kind of book everyone should experience one in a life time. the kind of book that worth all the internet hype.

the kind of book that aspire me to start my own.