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* The climax where [[spoiler:Himmel Street is bombed and everyone but Liesel dies]] is a huge TearJerker in its own right.
* To add on to it, Liesel is absolutely devastated [[spoiler:upon seeing Rudy's body. After trying to revive him, she gives him [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss he'd always asked for]]. ThePowerOfLove is a heartbreaking thing, isn't it?]] There's a small detail that makes it even worse: Death had mentioned that Rudy's blond hair was getting darker as he got older, and then when he dies says that he would always have lemon-colored hair.
** It's even worse in the movie: [[spoiler:Rudy hangs on long enough to begin an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove for Liesel, but dies mid-sentence.]]

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* The climax where [[spoiler:Himmel Himmel Street is bombed and everyone but Liesel dies]] dies is a huge TearJerker in its own right.
* To add on to it, Liesel is absolutely devastated [[spoiler:upon upon seeing Rudy's body. After trying to revive him, she gives him [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss he'd always asked for]]. ThePowerOfLove is a heartbreaking thing, isn't it?]] it? There's a small detail that makes it even worse: Death had mentioned that Rudy's blond hair was getting darker as he got older, and then when he dies says that he would always have lemon-colored hair.
** It's even worse in the movie: [[spoiler:Rudy Rudy hangs on long enough to begin an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove for Liesel, but dies mid-sentence.]]



* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert succumbs to cold at war, causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this he hangs himself. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.

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* [[spoiler:Both Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert succumbs to cold at war, causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this he hangs himself. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.



--> [[spoiler: '''Death:''' I am haunted by humans.]]

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--> [[spoiler: '''Death:''' I am haunted by humans.]]
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* To add on to it, Liesel is absolutely devastated [[spoiler:upon seeing Rudy's body. After trying to revive him, she gives him [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss he'd always asked for]]. ThePowerOfLove is a heartbreaking thing, isn't it?]]

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* To add on to it, Liesel is absolutely devastated [[spoiler:upon seeing Rudy's body. After trying to revive him, she gives him [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss he'd always asked for]]. ThePowerOfLove is a heartbreaking thing, isn't it?]]it?]] There's a small detail that makes it even worse: Death had mentioned that Rudy's blond hair was getting darker as he got older, and then when he dies says that he would always have lemon-colored hair.

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* Max is full-on starving when he arrives at the Hubermanns', but he is so weak that he can't even keep a few mouthfuls of soup down. In the movie, the little noises of relief he makes as he's finally eating are really heartbreaking. And then he throws it up.


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* Max is full-on starving when he arrives at the Hubermanns', but he is so weak that he can't even keep a few mouthfuls of soup down. In the movie, the little noises of relief he makes as he's finally eating are really heartbreaking. And then he throws it up.
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* Max is full-on starving when he arrives at the Hubermanns', but he is so weak that he can't even keep a few mouthfuls of soup down. In the movie, the little noises of relief he makes as he's finally eating are really heartbreaking. And then he throws it up.
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--> [[spoiler: '''Death:''' I am haunted by humans.]]

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* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert succumbs to cold at war, causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this he hangs himself. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.

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* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert succumbs to cold at war, causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this he hangs himself. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.family.
* The final line of both the book and the movie. In the end, Death sums it all up the best.
--> [[spoiler: '''Death:''' I am haunted by humans.]]
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* Hell, Markus Zusak himself admits he was a mess when he wrote that.

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* ** Hell, Markus Zusak himself admits he was a mess when he wrote that.
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** It's even worse in the movie: [[spoiler:Rudy hangs on long enough to begin an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove for Liesel, but dies mid-sentence.]]
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* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert [[ImColdSoCold succumbs to cold at war]], causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this [[DrivenToSuicide he hangs himself]]. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.

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* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert [[ImColdSoCold succumbs to cold at war]], war, causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this [[DrivenToSuicide he hangs himself]].himself. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.
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* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert [[ItsColdSoCold succumbs to cold at war]], causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this [[DrivenToSuicide he hangs himself]]. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.

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* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert [[ItsColdSoCold [[ImColdSoCold succumbs to cold at war]], causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this [[DrivenToSuicide he hangs himself]]. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.
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* The climax where [[spoiler:Himmel Street is bombed and everyone but Liesel dies]] is a huge TearJerker in its own right.
* To add on to it, Liesel is absolutely devastated [[spoiler:upon seeing Rudy's body. After trying to revive him, she gives him [[TrueLovesKiss the kiss he'd always asked for]]. ThePowerOfLove is a heartbreaking thing, isn't it?]]
* Hell, Markus Zusak himself admits he was a mess when he wrote that.
* [[spoiler:Both of Frau Holtzapfel's sons die in the story. Robert [[ItsColdSoCold succumbs to cold at war]], causing her to purposely keep her house's temperature very low. Also, her other son Michael is so broken by this [[DrivenToSuicide he hangs himself]]. And then Frau herself dies in the bombing.]] Such an unfortunate family.

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