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I found this book at first intriguing and then difficult to read. I can hardly remember what expectations I had of it, judging only by it's cover and an unfortunate glimpse of a movie trailer on tv a few weeks back, but I can comfortably say that all of those expectations were thrown out the window when I discovered that the book was narrated by Death.
Not only that, the book narrated by Death in Nazi Germany. Which resulted in a whole new set of expectations. Those were also not met.
Death says (although I cannot find the page to quote exactly) that it does not like mystery. That mystery bores death although it intrigues humans. I didn't like that perspective and was frustrated that Death kept stealing the mystery out of the book. I like books with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Preferably a happy ending, which I can tell you this book does not have. Unless you read the Epilogue. I don't like to know what is going to happen to main characters until it happens. I don't like Death foreshadowing Rudy's departure. Probably because it didn't make it any easier to bear when it happened.
I do, however, appreciate a book that, like The Book Thief, even if it is all over the place, has such a strong character development that you cannot help but fall in love with the characters.