Reviews

Le camp des enfants by Otto B. Kraus

mnm16's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

lottie1803's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

luckymae14's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

heidi_may91's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Genocide, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

jeannewells_'s review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

clairclairmarie's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

stimose's review against another edition

2.0

Den klickade inte riktigt. Min bror gav mig den i julklapp så läste klart men är tyvärr inte min sorts bok

monchandtherats's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

carlq's review against another edition

Written as a fictional story that explores the real events that the author and many others experienced. The Children's block gives a unique insight into an aspect of Auschwitz that is often overlooked or ignored.

Full of heart, many wonderful characters and an emotional journey this is a story that will stick with you for many years to come.

redhickory's review against another edition

1.0

DNF. I feel awful not finishing a book about Auschwitz but this was too slow and plodding for me. I have read a lot about the war and recently read "the Librarian of Auschwitz" (written about Otto's wife's experiences) and was hoping this book (written about the same section of the camp) would add more depth to the story of the teachers and children who spent their days there - it did not, it was a long list of events with little linking them. It lacked a storng narrative and did not tell us enough about the people it depicted (even of they were amalgam characters).
There are other books which depict the horrors of the camps and tell the stories of those killed and those who survived in a more evocative way, allowing us to try to learn from history and to remember them.