7.36k reviews for:

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

John Boyne

3.92 AVERAGE

ginamas02's review against another edition

2.0

dark reflective 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

ecmhoffman's review against another edition

3.0

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i found this book to be easy to read but sort of frustrating and, compared to the other ww2 books i've read, shallow in its depiction of the holocaust. i understand it was following the mind and life of a child, but even then i think the situation is realistically much more nuanced than what was shown in this book.

3 because i connected with shmuel

claudiashny's review against another edition

2.0

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there are much better books about the holocaust

alriightvic's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

leanne_mcelroy's review against another edition

4.0

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Read for school. Haunting in a good way.

josilyn_k_'s review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

epacconi's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

proffesional_lesbian's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well written but misinforming and shouldn’t be used to teach about WW2

brookexxrose's review against another edition

1.0

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Wow, what a horrible story of the Holocaust. And I don’t mean that in a “the Holocaust is bad” kind of way, but rather a “this book was really bad.” In what world would these boys actually be able to do this? The writing of this book is simply not good. As a classic, I strongly would advise people to read others. There are hundreds of brilliant accounts of the Holocaust THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED rather than this nonsense. The main character is to be seen as 9 years old but is written with the mindset that he’s 6. I don’t understand why Auschwitz and Fuhrer couldn’t actually be written in print. From someone who used to read exclusively Holocaust memoirs and non-fiction, try again. 

anjesa288's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No