The Book Thief #3

I am almost finished with The Book Thief.  In the story as the war goes on, the Nazi's prove to be less innocent.  They march long lines of starving Jews through Liesel's city on the way to the camp.  They whipped Liesel's dad for giving bread to the starving Jews, and forced him to go to war as his punishment.  His job was to pick up dead bodies during  air raids.  The book is really good.  The story is told in a way that makes you feel you are in the story.  It' not very plot driven but you understand the characters so well and it gives you new perspectives on World War Two.  You understand the lives of the average German citizens better, instead of categorizing them all under the idea of Nazi's.  In the story everyone is suffering of hunger and air raids.  Families lose their fathers and even young sons to the war, after being drafted without a choice.  People are taken away for the smallest thought of rebellion and cities are being destroyed.  The feelings of the characters relate very much to those of the characters in Night, and many other WW2 books I have read.