The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Book Summary and Review) - Minute Book Report

This is a quick book summary and analysis of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This channel discusses and reviews books, novels, and short stories through drawing...poorly. New Minute Book Reports are posted every week.
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[@Choiangel.]

Minute Book Reports thank chue =3 btw I am 11 years old and love your videos

[@Potato-qx6ie]

I have an essay due in a week and haven’t opened the book

[@leolin35]

Who else is here cuz they didn’t finish their book and have to do something in school about it

[@Apollo34tg]

Literally my midterm tomorrow is on this

[@lunix5441]

Me

[@zakpetricgrajfoner2480]

Yeaaahhhh😂

[@karanpandey1602]

Yes bro same here. I have ( had ) to read the novel and write summary but i could not finish it and have to write from this video. So a heartly thanks to Minute Book Reports : )

[@andrewwilliams8385]

ME RN

[@colzbroeffectboss4619]

*correction. Max left after Hans tried to give bread to a Jew, for the fear that the Gestapo would investigate Hans.

[@Bookworm204]

Correct

[@guwopo]

Omg u just saved my summer

[@AywickDeluxe]

fucking. same.

[@rubeng9649]

tbh the book was amazing

[@nataliedenton299]

DannySooLive same

[@bscalabrine3440]

ruben g one of the best books I've ever read

[@RaquelIsAlive]

Haha meee

[@MinuteBookReports]

The purpose of books change throughout this story. In the beginning, books are about knowledge and a means to enter the world through reading (since she can't read). Books later become a bonding tool between the girl and the mayor's wife. Then, books become the tool for revenge as the girl is mad at the mayor's wife. And at the end, books become a means of escape (writing in her book literally saves her life).

[@briannastar9012]

That last sentence had me like :0

[@B1SQ1T]

Moral of the story: *WE ALL GONNA DIIIEEEE*

[@stateofconfusion5640]

For me personally, this story is about love and how it manifests over time and connections. How inseparable and unending it is, even after death. And how even though people may not be blood related, they are still family. Honestly, this is one of my favorite books of all time, up there with The Giver.

[@laryenbowser521]

both books i had to read for school

[@jiijkbhboihb2793]

nerd🤓🤓🤓

[@Janeisha101]

@@jiijkbhboihb2793 mkay 😐

[@mrexists5400]

@@jiijkbhboihb2793 you aren't? rip

[@popularyutuber]

@@jiijkbhboihb2793you’re mad they’re smarter than you

[@Clarbomba]

It’s actually sad that many people in the comment said that this video saved their summer and not realizing that they’re missing out one of the greatest book i ever read

[@thesanchez-family9810]

well some people dont enjoy reading no matter how much they want

[@rice2299]

ikr same

[@SunnyMoonwilluploadin]

I read it and I disliked it but I have to write a google slide and essay about it so I’m here

[@fluki1185]

It is my favorite book

[@no8976]

Reading this a waste of time

[@deniseguadalupetapia4]

I read the book and at first I became confused then later it started to make sense.. Your summary was the best one I found since it explains so much in such a little report. I'm definitely going to subscribe!

[@meizumi]

To everyone talking about you saving their lives with their book reports: If you like reading at all you will love this book. It's amazing. Also lucky you I have really boring books at school if I had this one I'd be ecstatic lol. This one's really something else so when you find the time try to read it ❤️

[@MinuteBookReports]

Books can also be more human-like, as in all humans are like books that can be opened, left untouched, stolen, or destroyed. In essence, Death is the Book Thief in this scenario and does whatever it wants, as we are the books.

[@kendijamco4839]

Oh My God, that's the best thing I've ever heard....You're so Good

[@yonaissance]

extra bits of information in case you are wondering: - why did Hans Hubermann start playing the accordian? -> During world war I, his war friend that saved his life and who we later find out is Max's father, taught him to play the accordian. - the ending -> Liesel is the only survivor as all of the people, including the Hubermann's and Rudy are killed when the town gets bombed one night. Then, she is raised by the mayor and his wife and grows up to have a family of her own in the end. - death as the narrator of the story -> is what defines the characters of the book and readers are introduced to them through series of events that involve death and suffering. -> personification of death raises the message to all from an omnipresent perspective, that all of us must face death and we are all on its schedule. also reminds readers about how we should choose kindness over cruelty in all times :)

[@hn2861]

Thanks for this, it helped me with my book report.

[@MinuteBookReports]

+Laney Of Hyrule Glad this helped with your book report. :)

[@giovanigiagnacovo8303]

fax

[@angelaj7788]

THANK YOU!!! my book reports due tommarow and i didnt start the book

[@giovanigiagnacovo8303]

fr tho

[@bat4563]

Same

[@brynnagrace-]

Your missing out man its amazing

[@Spax_]

Same lolllll

[@angelaj7788]

@@Spax_ A year later and people are still replying, let me give you some good advice, don't take AP chemistry

[@eemaj1568]

This is going to help me so much with my summer assignment! Thx!

[@andreiaxolotl5137]

You are the hero of all kids that forgot to read this book for school!

[@rossiefreund2]

Oof he says Lisa at 3:10 it shooked me

[@fionamacke3239]

Damn it. I should have finished the book first 😂

[@camilasaenz5808]

Fiona Macke that’s what I said 💀

[@camilasaenz5808]

I was shook when they said they all died

[@jadyntrujillo2195]

Yeah, Really good summary. And drawings.

[@wyvron6146]

My crush recommend this book and I haven’t bothered picking it up once over break and school starts again tomorrow, thank you.

[@GarbageCannot]

My absolute favorite book! Excellent job.

[@emilioalatorre33]

This got me started on a summer reading project. Thanks a lot man🙏🙏🙏

[@criskrotiris3933]

Thank you so much for this, i read the book a while back, but i dont really remember it. Going to buy the book soon and read it again. I love how you summarise these books in little characters :D Thanks again so much!!!!!!!!!! earning a sub and a like!!! :)

[@Dylank001]

Finally, thank you. I hate summer reading books so thank you for this

[@rubeng9649]

This book was amazing. My favorite thus far. But the death of all of Leisel's friends was a little too abrupt for me. It didn't have much emotion.

[@lily_thecongo9695]

I believe it is because it is told from death's pov and not of Liesel's. This is just a daily occurrence for him unlike being the "End of the world" for Liesel.

[@siri097]

@@lily_thecongo9695 when death talks about rudy when he dies tho. I literally shattered

[@Hangnailer47]

Well surprise night time bombs are pretty abrupt tbf

[@angggg3l]

thats the reality of wars.

[@Srh721]

I read it a few months ago and I thought the same. Now we had a school assignment to write a report about a book and I chose to reread this one. Just to tell you, I am crying soo hard right now, as I finished reading the book a few minutes ago. I think that is because when I started reading, I already knew that everyone would be dead, so I noticed every small action they had, and the relationship Liseil had with them, so when I reached the end, I could understand exactly how Lieseil felt at that moment and It was heartbreaking. I really recommend rereading this! And I think this was the perfect choice for my assignment, just that it is a little too long ( about 600 pages )

[@ahsiartsy]

i absolutely loved this book. it made me cry so uncontrollably. just watching this video brings tears to my eyes

[@janstaniszewski9488]

Now i dont have to read 500 pages in 1 day for a test! Thank u So much!!!

[@annajones9980]

I would've been reading this for a straight WEEK if it wasn't for you. Now I can enjoy my summer :)

[@carleenmiyamoto8314]

This was so helpful thank you!!!!

[@ivyops8140]

Best Summary ive ever seen

[@AmandaEliseCarina]

This is one of my all time favorite books. I think that the way it is written is superior to almost every other book I've ever read. I really like your videos! Hugs from Sweden! :)

[@vibeatles]

Love this book with all my heart.

[@MinuteBookReports]

I really enjoyed it too. Didn't know what to expect when I first read it. Haven't seen the movie either.

[@vibeatles]

+Minute Book Reports You have to see the movie. It's a really good adaptation. I also have the movie on Blu-ray. And by the way all your videos are so wonderful.

[@KingBeeler]

Vivi Crespo hahah thanks so much don't gotta read it now

[@flumpert5068]

Mans just saved my entire freshman grade

[@shnozlepiz2263]

You have some real talent keep her gon

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks.

[@gauravchoudhary8660]

Thanks for helping for my holiday home work

[@sleepi8588]

thank you lmao i didnt know i had summer reading on this XD

[@kaitlandburleigh2366]

B U N N I same

[@kylienicolex2644]

you helped me out sm thank u!!

[@ambrosemorningstar]

i know my attention span and it knows me, i can't finish the book for the life of me and i'm doing it this year for school so thank you so much for the explanation 😭

[@brenweavis]

literally just saved my project on this. Im not wasting my break reading when this exists XD

[@sulaymanzaraei8473]

brenweavis you saukerl

[@Wazamac1]

You dropped this 👑

[@oblivious8563]

Your honesty the best person known to man

[@ravencromartie6707]

You saved my English grade

[@ethanedgar1533]

I have an essay on this tomorrow. Thank you so much

[@lawsonhiggins395]

nice video! im studying this for a level english and was wondering is there any key differences between the book and the film interpretation? not just plot but are any aspects more focused on?

[@MinuteBookReports]

Thanks. I definitely found it interesting. I'll probably talk about it more in the future.

[@Stev_65]

U just saved my life Thank you so much

[@ESKubatamaia]

What is the role of "stealing" in the history of the book? I mean, the book is called "The Book Thief". So, is there any consequences of this action on the characters or maybe it is an symbology about the power of death, which can take anyone at any time without warning?

[@andrewbetancourt5256]

Well see comment from 7 years ago I thought it was because of her nature to learn to read and write and also the narrator as they tell someone’s story

[@Misssmartypants28]

I have a timed writting tomorrow about this book, thank you 😂

[@cwhi21]

thxsm!!!! i already read it but it makes no sense to me and it was almost a year ago i have to read it for my freshman honors class summer reading. i have to take a quiz on it during the first week of school which is bs! so thanks it makes more sense now and i can remember it a little more!!

[@hanakokun4771]

OMG THANK YOU EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS LIKE YEARS AGO!

[@iannolastname8219]

Oh my god this saved my butt so much

[@a1fju273]

Thx this really helped again thanks

[@dinnydj4567]

Do you have any thoughts on deaths last line in the story about how he is haunted by humans

[@aziraphalescrowley]

ROSA WAS SMILING omg

[@tristanmoller9498]

Dude I totally forgot, I read this book in 8th grade. Great read. Had to check it out because I saw the movie on Disney plus and thought I knew that from somewhere. That was 5 years ago.

[@whyamialive2168]

Thank you so much! The book wasn’t even boring but it’s way too long for my taste

[@Iamwhatiam1507]

Personally for me, The story is about words, power of words in the face of oppression and war. As the story unfolds, words become the means of resistance towards nazi, where max uses words to depict the resistance in the basement. also the words take a different shape when used by the nazi where the hate speech fuels the war. Liesel's love for reading which brings her comfort and hope. And Hans and liesel bond over the words.

[@emmahalt]

you saved me man thanks alot

[@jasminevanessa14]

If you were to make an activity to connect the class room to the book or the theme of the book what would you do?

[@Ultimate6489]

Man thanks, i was not using the rest of my summer to read a book that i can watch a resume

[@popularyutuber]

Nah it literally only takes like one or two weeks if you just spend like 45 minutes each day reading and it’s so good

[@brodythomas1217]

My book report is due in 2 days thank you

[@akikai6667]

i literally tried reading this and couldn’t understand anything cuz i kept getting distracted 😭 thanks man

[@kamila.kalski]

Thank you so fucking much! Holy shit, I was having a panic attack cuz I didn't even read the god damn book >~

[@MinuteBookReports]

+Music Freak06 It's a pretty long book. Hope you one day get a chance to read it when you have more time.

[@kamila.kalski]

+Minute Book Reports ha, as if Cx I don't like to read

[@ryanjohnson2844]

+Music Freak06 L

[@rubeng9649]

It's really good. The beginning is just slow.

[@cleoburnet1997]

lmao thank you i have a midterm on this tomorrow and havent started the book

[@kabirbhamra1314]

I was supposed to read this for spring break but I forgot so yea I’ll use this instead

[@bodylounge4504]

My teacher: see this movie Me: going on KZbin and seeing this video

[@ESKubatamaia]

That's such a good analogy, since we live and create our own histories. We may live and learn the experiences of our parents and even our grandparents. But it's kinda hard to know the life of ours great-grandfathers, since the distant connection makes their memories fade away. Thanks minutedrlog! (sorry about my english)

[@ronnydsouza4689]

Ilsa Hermann gives her a dictionary not a blank book, Max makes her a blank book by painting over the pages of his book, Mein Kampf

[@jasrobloxgaming2212]

This is my favorite book

[@C_JN1128]

This book was SO good

[@user-hw2pg2lt8k]

TYSM

[@camilapereira4832]

you just save me I have test tomorrow ahahh

[@bandannaaaa1599]

Doing something one this for school like 8 years later

[@dangeroustoaster2688]

This book made me cry so hard

[@97GoldDust]

+DaBoogie Munsta (Boogie's shadow) it's not real...

[@dangeroustoaster2688]

97GoldDust And frosty the snowman was?

[@97GoldDust]

DaBoogie Munsta no...lol

[@addyyoung7391]

i’m on page 97 and it’s due next week so here we areeee

[@JoeShiestyClips]

Is the book, book thief and movie book thief almost the same, what’s the difference?? Thanks to anyone who replies! Can I just watch the movie for my summer reading book assignment?

[@kendijamco4839]

Tbh there's a lot of difference first, the book offers a unique writing style and of course more info.. Some scenes like the blank book was given to liesel by different characters. Deaths introduction is significant yet, unable to be executed in the films

[@teclinsoro4523]

shoutout to my fellow procrastinators

[@bz_510]

Who else is here because they didn’t feel like reading the book for Summer HW?

[@oliviabechara7467]

so like I gotta read the book but I just watched this instead AHAH but I got a question, to anyone who has read the book. does this cover it fully?

[@motherlarkspur4506]

It seems everyone is here for a report but I just reread it and wanted to get a review from another point of view.

[@rexhansen3731]

7 years later and you’re still saving bad grades lmao

[@charliemellarong3375]

I didn't finish the ending of the book after watching this.

[@HBurks10]

The blank book was given to Liesel by max not the mayors wife

[@mrmac02]

+HBurks10 If you're referring to the movie then you're right. But based on the story line and the sketches that Minute Book Reports showed it was based on the actual book that Markus Zusak wrote.

[@MinuteBookReports]

+Marco Moran Thanks. I try to make these videos based on the books, not the films.

[@thomasbendixen410]

can you tell me really quickly what page she had to write a book

[@viviephoenix2819]

i needed this 💓 failing english ?? NK WAY ⭕️❌🚫

[@ameeraahsan2173]

yeah. It is a minute book report

[@pablospablo_2011]

You just saved my ass bud thx lol

[@krantigagdekarchhara7577]

it is a PIANO accordion

[@jessemonaco7634]

Full circle ending baabbbyyy😂

[@shelliehematian3372]

lol my paragraph is due tom and i didn't start the book thanks

[@klgast3r456]

The amount of death he said lol

[@metteheinonen1052]

I have this book, and i have read it ounly 2 times. But i love it so mutch

[@ESKubatamaia]

Hum, i guess i smoke something to write that comment. But thanks! I really appreciate it.

[@ffreddofrogg182]

Just came down to see if anyone else can't be bothered to read it for a school project😂

[@havehope646]

God loves you

[@jonathon6933]

ill let y'all know if this helps me pass my test tomorrow

[@lukeruser7072]

Death is not an angel

[@izzyb6240]

By the way..this won’t help you in school. Listen to an audiobook if you hate reading. THIS ISNT ENOUGH DETAIL. TEACHERS WILL KNOW YOU DIDNT READ. Please folks..do your work! This missed a major storyline! This is a great video for refreshing your memory, though.

[@puttitlehereanimationskids7032]

Thx i almost got screwed