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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
sad
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One of the better stories I've read with an unreliable (child) narrator. It's a good, quick but sad read.
I'd highly recommend watching the movie as well.
I'd highly recommend watching the movie as well.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I give this book 3 stars as it was a good "story". And it should be read as such. Not as an introduction to the topic of the Holocaust as it says on the back of the book. It wasn't an historically accurate portrayal of one of the most evil periods in history. Frankly, I didn't find it shocking enough. Sad, of course. But that time in history was SO MUCH more than that. I don't think this should be a student's introduction to the Holocaust. Start with Anne Frank of course. Or The Book Thief.
I get that the author was trying to contrast the innocence of the main character, Bruno, son of a Nazi general, with the brutality of what was going on around him, but Bruno wasn't innocent in a sweet way, more of in a I want to slap that kid upside the head and tell him to get a clue way. The boy in the striped pajamas was a much more endearing character and I wish the author had done more to develop his character.
I get that the author was trying to contrast the innocence of the main character, Bruno, son of a Nazi general, with the brutality of what was going on around him, but Bruno wasn't innocent in a sweet way, more of in a I want to slap that kid upside the head and tell him to get a clue way. The boy in the striped pajamas was a much more endearing character and I wish the author had done more to develop his character.
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Beautiful and deeply tragic - this parable hits home hard, portraying the horrors of the Holocaust through the eyes of an innocent child before delivering its horrific ending.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes