The Cardplayer/The Snows of Stalingrad/The Agless Brother/The Accident (p. 463-478)

There is death everywhere.
"The Cardplayer" only prefaces a death, this one of Reinhold Zucker. This two-paged section went over what happened at the LSE. This was when Hans Hubbermann won multiple consecutive games of cards and won many cigarettes. Hans was a very generous man, and because of that he gave one cigarette for each colleague that lost and even light it for them. If it wasn't for Reinhold losing his cigarettes, he would have still lived and Hans would have died.
"The Snows of Stalingrad" included Michael Holtzapfel, the son of Frau Holzapfel (shocker). Michael comes back with three less fingers, and news that Robert, his brother, was dead. Robert died in a torn-up hospital, without anything past his knees. He stayed in that hospital after he was brought there for three days, which was a considerable amount of time to live without your legs. It was sad, really, to feel what everyone did when they heard the news, even though Robert was just introduced.
"The Ageless Brother" referred to Liesel's dreams, visions, and nightly imagination. This included her brother, Max, Hans, and Rudy. I found this to assist in my knowledge of Liesel's imagination, as it shows it to be just recreating what happened, and not coming up with radically different things like dragons.
"The Accident" was a near-death experience for Hans Hubermann, and a death for Reinhold Zucker. This was because of a truck accident for the LSE, as the wheel blew and the entire truck flipped over. This resulted in multiple injuries, including the rather miraculous career-ending broken leg. This caused him to be dismissed from the LSE, with the help of a sergeant that rather appreciated Hans. This meant that Hans was free from the LSE, but he had to work back in the city (oh no what a disaster).

The Anarchist's Suit Collection/The Next Temptation (p. 452-462)

Rudy and Liesel are at it again! In "The Anarchist's Suit Collection", Liesel and Rudy steal from a place where they haven't stolen before - Rudy's dad's shop. This was around Christmas 1942. With the lack of fathers on both sides, they were able to steal from Rudy' father's shop. After some looking around for some presents for Rudy, Liesel came upon a navy blue suit, about Rudy's size. This was Rudy's Christmas gift. I found this to be very useful in character development, especially when you look at the beginning of the book until now. At the beginning of the book, Liesel showed evasive behavior towards Rudy, and now she is willing to help him take things from his father's shop as a gift.
"The Next Temptation" was about Liesel stealing books from the mayor's library again. This time, after deciding on a book, The Last Human Stranger, Liesel was on her way out as the mayor's wife entered the library. After exchanging awkward greetings, they discussed shortly about what the library was. It turns out that this was where Ilsa used to read to her son, before he died. This also was a major point in character development for Ilsa, because, compared to the earlier parts of the book, Ilsa was very quiet, even detached. Now, it seems that Ilsa is much more confident, and is willing to be friendly to Liesel even after what happened.

Peace/The Idiot and the Coat Men/Dominoes and Darkness/The Thought of Rudy Naked (p. 397-415)

These were four interesting sections of the book.
"Peace" included Max leaving the Hubbermann household, without a word of goodbye. I found this to be heartbreaking as it left a lacking sense of closure to the Max Vandenburg story. This was also because Max and Liesel were close, and yet he left without a single word.
"The Idiot and the Coat Men" just involved a ton of stress on Papa. This was because of two things. Max leaving without a word, and the fact that Hans had just recently helped a Jew in front of Germans. Everyday Papa stressed about people coming for him, looking for punishment for helping the Jew. He also hoped that he would see Max again, just to help him as well as say goodbyes. These two things never happened. This relived some of my stress that Hans was going to be taken away.
"Dominoes and Darkness" included a great stress on the Steiner household. This was because the two men in the coats came and wanted to recruit Rudy, as the fragments of the story tells the reader. Rudy would have gone with them, if it wasn't for the fact that he was in the other room playing with dominoes.
"The Thought of Rudy Naked" included weird things that I will not talk about.

Frau Holtzapfel's Offer/The Long Walk to Dachau (p. 385-396)

"Frau Holtzapfel's Offer" was interesting, as it portrayed Frau Holzapfel's interest in books, more specifically, The Whistler. I found this to be very interesting, as she is willing to trade Rosa coffee to hear the rest of the story originally read aloud during the bomb raid. Frau Holtzapfel is shown to really appreciate the book, and she is willing to trade limited resources to hear it.
"The Long Walk to Dachau" included the many Jews that were killed for what they were, and in this case, publicly. This I found to be very dehumanizing, which was most likely the intent. In the process, an old man was pushed along the line of soon-to-be-dead Jews, and Papa felt sympathy for the Jew, and gave him bread. This was probably the worst idea he could have come up with, because this got the Jew and Papa whipped several times. This was pretty emotional for me, as this was how all Jews were treated at the time, as well as anyone who was "imperfect".

The Visitor/The Schmunzeler/Death's Diary: The Parisians (p. 339-350)

That was a rather interesting turn of events. As Liesel is playing soccer in the fields, she gets informed that the men looking through houses down the street are members of the NSDAP, looking for possible bunkers for future air strikes. Thinking quickly, she decides to run into one of the bigger players, as a way to get home without being suspicious. I think this was a wonderful idea, especially when you take into account the fact that she had about 30 seconds to think about this. After the injury, she managed to attract attention from all around, including the man inspecting the streets. This was when Liesel said she needed to get home, and, as always, Rudy steps in to help her. This is probably his downfall. Somehow, Liesel convinces Rudy that she does not need to be taken home by anyone, but instead Rudy should get Hans Hubberman, which I thought to be very impressive, considering how stubborn Rudy is. When Hans got there, he takes Liesel home, only to find that the NSDAP are coming to search basements. Hans then tries to formulate a plan to get Max into the bedroom unnoticed, and hopefully survive. This plan fails immediately because the man knocks at the door as he finishes the idea. He quickly comes up with a new idea, which was to do nothing. I think the quick and unique way everyone does things in this family is very amazing, because not only do they come up with unique ideas, but the ideas are also very effective yet minimal. The man then proceeds to search the basement, somehow not noticing Max, and then leaves. This was very intense and kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.
Following this series of events, comes Rudy. Immediately after the searching of the house, Rudy comes along just to continue to keep me on the edge of my seat. This was because of the way Markus wrote this part, as it just said "another knocker", instead of something like "then came Rudy" or "someone unimportant knocked at the door". Rudy arrives and proceeds to check on Liesel, to which she said she was okay and closing the door on Rudy.
"Death's Diary: The Parisians" was not fully comprehensible to me, as it dealt too much with abstract concepts that I could not grasp, but I got that there was more death as well as cold and shivering Jewish souls.

Thirteen Presents/Fresh Air.../Death's Diary: Cologne (p. 317-338)

Well I'm fairly happy. Max is back, maybe not in his best condition, but back nevertheless. Before he had awoken, Liesel had not only left thirteen presents beside his bed, but she also read to him twice every day until she finished The Whistler, and had to go get a new one. I found this to be very revealing of her personality, as she is very invested and devoted to what she does.
"Fresh Air..." was where Liesel stole another book, with Rudy (apparently he's not dead yet), to read to Max (Rudy still doesn't know). After this, Rosa ended up coming to Liesel's school, and told her that Max has awoken. This was wonderful, for me to know that Max had not actually passed yet, and this will spur me on to read the rest of this story.
"Death's Diary: Cologne" includes death, death EVERYWHERE. This involves the bombing of a city, leveling it. There was so much death in three pages, and I have to say that this gave a very excellent and short description of what was going through everyone's (who lived) heads.

The Floating Book/Death's Diary/The Snowman (p. 300-316)

It turns out Rudy did die from hypothermia. This was, at least, my take on what happened in " The Floating Book (Part II)". As previously brought up, Rudy had died in the Amper river, with The Whistler in hand. 

I'm not entirely sure how to react to the beginning of "Death's Diary: 1942." I mean, the scythe and the bony features I knew was not really a thing, but, then, Death points out that to find what he looks like, and it turns out all you needed to do was to look in a mirror. (This confirmed an earlier theory of mine that Death was human, but that's besides the point) In this section, Death further reveals his/her/it's personality, and I realize that Death is stuck with the job, and usually just the clean-up for whatever happens. 

"The Snowman" was were Max fell ill. Very ill. This was all because of a two-foot tall snowman, and a short snowball fight. All of which ended with a very sick Max, and a horrible situation to be in. Let's hope Max survives whatever it is he is up against.

The Whistler and the Shoes/Three Acts of Stupidity (p. 283-299)

In these sections, Rudy gets himself into even more trouble. Why? This just seems to be what Rudy naturally does. These all add up to be something horrible, but what it is is not known. In the first section, he and Liesel work together to steal a book, with some deception involved on Liesel's side. This is also where Liesel steals The Whistler, and where she earns her title of the book thief, given to her by Rudy.
"The Three Acts of Stupidity" was by far one of the worst things Rudy could have done in this book. First he steals the biggest potato from the grocer, then messing with Franz Deutscher on the street, and just missing Hitler Youth. Stealing the potato involved a lot of determination and courage on Rudy's side, considering he "stole" it right in front of the grocer as well as got away with it with nothing more than a boot to the back. As for the incident with Franz, things did not go so well. Showing Rudy's impulsiveness as well as his hate for Franz, he threw a rock at him while he was walking down the street. This ended up with broken ribs, a black eye, and a haircut. Missing out on Hitler Youth gave him the opportunity to move to a different division, this one being Flieger Division, which was for flight. This was good because of the lack of Franz Deutscher, which may lead to an improvement in Rudy's behavior.

The Floating Book/The Gamblers/Rudy's Youth (p. 241-271)

Wow. This first section really wowed me and really affected my mood. Just to start of part five, one of the characters, Rudy,  is dead. This was the first one in the book since, as far as I know, Liesel's brother. Death hints that Rudy died in the cold Amper River, and as you would conclude, from hypothermia. Instead, Death hints that he died from a bomb, as it says in "his dusty, bomb-hit lips." This two-page section ended with "Even death has a heart." Which I found to say that Death has some emotion, or that Death was once human. 

"The Gamblers" started with the fact that the previous section was the ending of the book, which, is the worst thing you could do to someone reading a book they are very immersed in. Death follows up with the fact that mystery bores him/her/it, as Death does not seem to want to do what is not necessary. This section continued to show what happened during Max's stay with the Hubbermans. What happens comes in a seven-sided die. The seven sides are as follows:

1. The Haircut:Mid-April 1941
2. The Newspaper: Early May
3. The Weatherman: Mid-May
4. The Boxer: End of May
5. The New Dream: A Few Nights Later
6. The Painters: Early June
7. The Showdown: June 24

Even if these seven don't sound like much, it covers so many different things, and from April to June. All of these involve Max, and all of which range from "cute" to "I should stop reading or I'm going to cry".

"Rudy's Youth" was a section focused on Rudy Steiner and Tommy Müller. It mostly goes over how Tommy acquired his ear infection, and the result of it. This section also included Rudy and his tendency to get dragged into situations, good of bad. 

Pages from the Basement (p. 223-238)

So Max did get Liesel a birthday gift. This I found to be very profound start to the friendship between Liesel and Max. In this section, Max creates for Liesel a book, The Standover Man. He creates this book using pages from Mein Kampf, the one item that saved his life on multiple occasions. This showed how much Max values the relationship between him and Liesel, willing to risk his safety to make this girl happy. In addition to this, the attention to detail with this section is wonderful. The pages of The Standover Man were so detailed at one point I thought my book had leaked through. This gave me a high sense of immersion, leading me to enjoy this book even more than I currently do.

The Swapping of Nightmares (p. 207-222)

This section was a rather emotional one for me. It covered Max and the first part of his stay at the Hubermanns. During this period, I found that Max was treated in such animalistic ways that he does not think he deserves anything anymore, and neither does he understand some basic human emotions. I found that this shows how horribly Jews were treated during the time period in Germany, and it makes me feel for them. During Max's stay, he stayed mostly in the basement in basically a pile of junk. Not only this, the basement was an extremely cold place, because it was winter at the time. The closest I have ever slept to this temperature was about 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and even then I was wearing some warm clothes. This man had barely anything to keep him warm. After Hans and Rosa decided that it was too cold for him to sleep there, during the night Max was moved up to the living room, with a fire, even though this was a potentially dangerous idea. This gave me some happiness, knowing at least it got better for someone. Because of the movement from the basement to the living room, Liesel went and talked to Max about his nightmares. It turns out that they had very similar dreams, both relating to saying goodbye to someone. Max's being literally waving, and Liesel needing to let go of her brother. This section ends with Liesel's twelfth birthday, and getting a new book. Max was not aware of this occasion, and therefore he did not get her a gift. In return, Liesel gave Max a hug, which he seems very incapable of doing.

The Accordionist

This section gave a consummate backstory to Hans Hubermann. It starts with how he had cheated Death the first time, which was by writing letters instead of going to war. This I found was heartbreaking, as the person who got him to write those letters died that day, the same way Hans would have died. As if this wasn't enough, this section tacks on what happens when Hans returns from the war, and gives his respects to Erik Vandenburg, primarily to return the accordion that he left behind, and used to teach Hans. He even finds out he has a son, named Max, which at this point I am overwhelmed by all of the feelings. Then came the beginning of Hitler's reign. This part mostly focused on Hans' application to the Nazi Party, for which he was put on the waiting list. Finally, this section ends with June 16, 1939, the day when he met Walter Kugler, the man introduced in an earlier section. Overall, everything now is connecting like puzzle pieces, and everything is also packed with feelings as well as details.

The Aryan Shopkeeper/The Struggler Continued/Tricksters

"The Aryan Shopkeeper" was one of the most joyful sections so far. It showed the relationship between Liesel and Rudy. There was also the shopkeeper, which was very happy for their business which shows that the shopkeeper did not get many sales.
"The Struggler, Continued" showed the previously introduced character Max Vandenburg, in a short section about his journey in Stuttgart. Max has been transferred place to place until one day, he had been freed. He had been released into the world with nothing but a few toiletries and Mein Kampf. The section leaves off with him reading Mein Kampf on the train, as he traveled to his destination.
"Tricksters" I found was an interesting end to a character, named Arthur Berg. In this section Arthur did a lot to help Liesel and Rudy steal, as he was the leader of the group.  Despite this, Arthur had to move away, and never to be seen again. Not before giving the pair of thieves a bag of chestnuts to use.

The Attributes Of Summer

I found this section to be very descriptive of Liesel's summer, and even a bit emotional. It starts with the list of what Liesel did for the summer, which was reading, soccer, and stealing. The reading was in two places, the first being at her house, and the second being the mayor's house. At her house, Liesel read The Shoulder Shrug, and at the mayor's house, she read everything she saw, as much as she could. As for the soccer, the majority of it was spent attempting to make up for what Liesel has done to Tommy Müller the previous year. After this, there was also some stealing involved. This included Liesel and Rudy working with a group of people to steal immaculate apples from a tree. Overall, this section was very unique, showing how Liesel spent her summer.

Enter The Struggler

This section had so much information and emotion packed into four pages. It starts with Death talking more directly to the reader, which I found to be a good change from the normal third-person thing that Death does normally. But, because of the change, along with Death saying "Now for a change of scenery," I knew something was coming, and it was definitely not good. There was a Jew locked away somewhere in a room. He was locked away and so deprived of everything that he paid attention to everything, especially the sounds. Then someone came along to give him a few items, including some food and an identity card. After that came the most shocking piece of detail I have heard so far, which was that the person who came in to help the Jew was Hans Hubermann. Overall, I think this was a very interesting and emotional section, even for four pages.

The Way Home/The Mayor's Library

"The Way Home" included a very interesting short about the book Mein Kampf. This section shows Hans and his visions as Liesel asks about her newly stolen book. I found these visions to be heartbreaking, as it depicts Hans' son lashing out on him. Following these visions comes Hans buying a copy of Mein Kampf, as well as him asking for his approval for the Nazi Party.

"The Mayor's Library" surprised me greatly, but gave me euphoria as well. This section started out with Liesel doing her normal laundry run. After she had stopped by the mayor's house, I knew something was wrong. I did not expect the mayor's wife to be the one that saw Liesel steal her most recent book. Afterwards the wife had invited her into her house, only to reveal that she has a wondrous collection of books all immaculately set in a room. This gave me so much joy that Liesel could stay and read at such a place with so many books. 

The Gates of Thievery/Book of Fire

These two sections lead up to the next book Liesel steals. It shows the event that lead up to this, which was the Führer's birthday. This lead to the burning of many things. A few of the many items were books, which in this case included The Shoulder Shrug. This was one of the books that were wet, thus surviving the fire. These sections also include Papa slapping Liesel for saying that she hates Hitler.

Hitler's Birthday 1940/100 Percent Pure German Sweat

These sections shows what happens on Hitler's birthday. There is also the bonfire that comes with the event. It also shows how the Hubermann family can be very harsh in their discussions, especially on the topic of Nazis. This was because Hans Hubermann Jr. was a Nazi, and his father was the opposite.  This leads to major arguments as well as reactions verging on the collapse of the family.

The Town Walker/Dead Letters

These two sections shows how much Liesel misses her mother through her letters, as it even shows Liesel taking money from her foster mother's reserves in sending the letters. These sections also shows how the Hubermann's profits have been dwindling. This was because the people that the Hubermanns have been doing laundry for have not been giving them business. Following these events are also why Liesel wrote the five letters to her mother, which was because of school.

A Girl Made of Darkness/The Joy of Cigarettes

These sections, I thought, to have revealed much more personality in each of the two current main characters. I felt that the bonding of Liesel and Hans will be very important later on. Liesel's next books are also important, as it not only helps her reading and writing, but also help her learn.