Well maybe thats just one of the reasons. I've been reading The Book Thief since March and I finished it just this week (if I had more time to read, I would've finished it sooner). It's such a poignant and moving story, I will admit that I literally shed a few tears at the end. Mainly because of the multiple times Rudy had asked Liesel for a kiss towards the beginning and she'd tease him, saying no, yet towards the end, she really did want to kiss him but never brought up the nerve. There were two scenes in particular that she had the urge. My favourite one:
I wrote a fan fiction called Kiss Him, Liesel, Kiss Him which is a continuation from this scene. Instead of Liesel helping Rudy off the floor...something else happens ;P But I also wrote a free style poem about them. I dont know what it is, they just seem like two people who were torn apart by death while secretly in love who, I think, should've kissed before Rudy died. I mean, the ending could make anyone cry. I dont mean to be a spoiler but this is what happens:
Liesel is writing in the basement when there is an air raid and the sirens fail to sound and EVERYONE including Liesel's parents, her neighbours and Rudy and everyone on her street die from the bombs. The rescuers find her in the rubble of her house, she was saved since she was in the basement. She then discovers that everyone is dead, she finds Rudy in the rubble (Rudy is her best friend, neighbour and its obvious that by now -the books goes on for about 4 years- she's fallen in love with him as he's always been in love with her but they never mentioned it, the closest they came was Rudy asking her for a kiss. So...it's incredibly sad, this is what happens when she finds him: She cries:
"Rudy, wake up…wake up, Rudy. Rudy, please. Rudy, please, wake up. Damn it, wake up. I love you. Come on, Rudy, Come on, Jesse Owens, don’t you know I love you, wake up,wake up,wake up…”
Yes :( and then she kisses his dead body in the rubble.
You know, it kills me how sad it is and it just kills me how the author didnt make them kiss at the times that they should've, but then again, the ending wouldn't of been so romantic if they'd already of kissed.
ANYWAY, i did read that the rights for the book to become a movie are in the process but heres the thing: they better not choose someone ugly (arent I nice?) or annoying to play Liesel. I almost always hate female characters because they always seem annoying to me but I actually liked Liesel. and they better choose someone perfect for Rudy or else my imagination will be ruined along with his character.
Its kinda like The Outsiders, but i think they chose perfect casting for the roles. But if they did make a movie out of The Book Thief, theres one thing I know that would really piss me off. Often, characters in movies will have different features than the characters in the books. Like one in the book will have blue eyes and the one in the movie will have green eyes. In The Book Thief, Rudy's lemon coloured hair is a HUGE part of his character, his hair colour is mentioned probably twenty times in the book.It would piss me off so much if the Rudy in the move
HAD
BROWN
HAIR.
With that being said, my fingers are really tired and your eyes are probably tired too. If you havent read The Book Thief, I suggest you do, its beautiful.
