The book Thief pg 1-100

I read the book Thief written by Mark Zusak

The Book Thief is written from the perspective of death. The main character is a young girl by the name of Liesel who happens to be referred to as the book thief. This story takes place in Nazi Germany  during and right before World War II when Hitler was gaining support. Liesel is put into a foster family after the death of her brother. Right before being brought to her home she steals her first book which makes her a book thief. Her foster mother is very cold and strict but Liesel is able to quickly form an inseparable bond with her father. Every night Lieel has the same nightmare and its her fathers job to come soothe her and bring her back to bed. It is during one of those sessions that they decide that they are going to use the stolen book to teach Liesel to read each night she wakes up. 

I felt that the beginning of the book was a bit slow. The first few chapters were just death talking about the significance of certain colors, and how he saw the book thief in all of these various situations. This was all done in fancy language without explicitly stating what was happening which confused me. While reading those first few chapters I questioned why on other Mark Zusak had chosen to include that in his book. However for the next part, except for the constant flashbacks, it was pure plot which was easily understandable. As far as the story goes it has been decently interesting though its a bit slow-going.