The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I read this for the May book club - and let me say that I loved this book. It is set in Germany during WWII, and upon starting the first chapter, I wondered if I really wanted to read this...but the more I read, the more I liked it...the characters were deep and beautiful, and the writing itself was wonderful and rich. It was a fantastic story of human relationships, of course a very serious and tragic story, but not depressing actually. This book has been on the NYT bestseller list, in the Young Adult category. I loved it, and although had an emotional meltdown of sobbing in the last chapters, did not feel sad at the end of the story. I recommend this book wholeheartedly.