a sad novel

A novel maybe not meant for children. It took me some time to find out the narrator is the death spirit.

The author always gives us the hints on what happens next. Maybe it's a way to save the readers from deeper sorrows. Anyway, this story is doomed to be a tragedy. I am a little confused about the link between Liesel and Max. Somehow it looked like romance, but it should not. Rudy is. We are just so much into the result. What is the point about the result? Life will go on, and everybody will move on.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.