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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
This is a very quick and enjoyable read. There is a lot of dramatic irony because Bruno doesn't understand what he is seeing in the concentration camp but you do. Such an innocent boy was a great POV for this story; there was a great contrast between the evil that was going on in that country at that time and the beliefs of a young child.
Bruno's and Shmuel's friendship was great. This friendship was a deeper bond than with Bruno and friends back in Berlin. The two boys were really not that different contrary to the Nazi's belief: they were born on the same day, had an older sibling, and were forcibly removed from their home to a place they didn't want to be.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a great book. The movie is amazing too and everyone, whether they have read the book or not, should see it.
Bruno's and Shmuel's friendship was great. This friendship was a deeper bond than with Bruno and friends back in Berlin. The two boys were really not that different contrary to the Nazi's belief: they were born on the same day, had an older sibling, and were forcibly removed from their home to a place they didn't want to be.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a great book. The movie is amazing too and everyone, whether they have read the book or not, should see it.
dark
informative
sad
tense
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:
N/A
Meine Rezension dazu findet ihr hier:
http://janasbooklook.blogspot.de/2011/10/der-junge-im-gestreiften-pyjama-john.html
http://janasbooklook.blogspot.de/2011/10/der-junge-im-gestreiften-pyjama-john.html
I'm drawn to books about the holocaust and I wanted to like this better than in the end I did. Interesting perspective of the narrator, and glad I read it, but didn't love it.
If you’re looking for a historically accurate book, this is not the one to read. It is a fictional novel from the child’s point of view; a quick and easy, albeit sad, read.
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
“He pushed his two feet together and shot his right arm into the air before clicking his two heels together and saying in as deep and clear a voice as possible — as much like Father’s as he could manage — the words he said every time he left a soldier’s presence.
‘Heil Hitler,’ he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, ‘Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.’” (pg 88)
The view of WWII through the eyes of a child without knowing the seriousness of everything around him and his time at “Out With.”
‘Heil Hitler,’ he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, ‘Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.’” (pg 88)
The view of WWII through the eyes of a child without knowing the seriousness of everything around him and his time at “Out With.”
I keep going back and forth between 3 and 4 stars--my official rating of choice would be 3 1/2. I'd lean more toward 4 if I had felt more of an emotional connection with the characters, but I really didn't. I didn't feel the sadness at the end of the book that I would have expected--I felt like I should be sad, but it just wasn't there. That said, it was a different approach for a novel on that period of history, and the version I read had an interview with the author at the end that was very interesting and had some information on why he took that particular approach. I also liked the author's statement about there not being kids' books and adult books--just BOOKS.