3.92 AVERAGE

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5/5stars
I dunno man. I want to give this book 5 stars but it just does not deserve it.
SpoilerBrunno annoyed the crap out of me, he was so self absorbed jesus
he never took his time to process what Shmuel was telling him and he thought his friend was to skinny and looked rather unhealthy, but still he had no problem eating the food he wanted to give shmuel
furthermore his sister did not read like a 12year old, she seemed more like 9 than 12years old
I really appreciatethe message this book is trying to bring across, that’s why I am giving it a fine rating, but the rest itself was not that good
challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

224 pages of basically nothing
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

At some point, you realize how this story is going to end and you spend the rest of the book with a pit in your stomach. Childhood innocence in the face of unimaginable cruelty. A devastating read.
challenging emotional
dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I read Night in school so I never read this one or saw the movie and wow I wasn’t expecting it. It’s unique in that it comes from a child’s perspective that is reliant on friendship and fun. It takes such a dramatic turn at the end. And I was not prepared. The last two sentences packed such a punch: “ Of course all this happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again. Not in this day and age.”