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2.94 AVERAGE
2.94 AVERAGE
dark
tense
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
Not what I expected ... then again, I don’t know what I had expected. Much darker and more depressing than I expected, but beautifully written. Definitely worth a read.
I wanted to read this because I had already seen Jojo Rabbit. While the core plot of the two versions of the story are very similar, the two are really quite different stories in the details.
I thought the first half or so of this was quite good, but it started to run out of steam not long after they hit the point where the war ended.
I thought the first half or so of this was quite good, but it started to run out of steam not long after they hit the point where the war ended.
One of the rare cases where i can say i liked the movie way more than the book.
Started off very interesting - but well. The plot just went downhill. Nah, this has not been a book for me, even though I wanted to know what would happen in the end and read the whole book in one go.
What a strange novel.
I still love Taika Waititi's adaptation - in my opinion he took all the good parts from the novel and made them even better for the big screen.
What a strange novel.
I still love Taika Waititi's adaptation - in my opinion he took all the good parts from the novel and made them even better for the big screen.
Difficult read - some really disturbing parts that didn't seem to contribute to the storyline
It wasn’t quite what I expected. The ending was a bit depressing and there were a couple of parts where it got a bit confusing. However, as a whole, it was a good book. I’m quite certain after reading this, that the movie will not be like the novel as the movie is advertised to be somewhat of a comedy and the book, while amusing in parts, isn’t.
I read this because "Jojo Rabbit" is nominated for best adapated screenplay at the 2020 Oscars, and this is the source material. I absolutely love "Jojo Rabbit," and I was completely taken aback when I realized that the book is nothing, and I mean NOTHING, like the movie.
The first half of this book was great (and also the only part Taika Waititi adapted for JoJo Rabbit).
At the halfway point though, World War 2 ends and Johannes Betzler becomes the most unsympathetic narrator I’ve ever read. I hate him more than Joe from You by Caroline Kepnes and he was a serial killer. Maybe I should have expected less from a narrator who is literally a Nazi.
It could be that I’m not really much a ~romance~ reader or it could be that the romance in this book, being based on the lie that the war was won by Germany and manipulation/abuse from Johannes, just made me uncomfortable. Johannes also repeatedly brings up how fat and ugly the Jewish girl he’s held as a prisoner for years has become. Why do I care what this man is going through? If you don’t consider him evil, he’s DEFINITELY stupid.
I really wanted it to get better because the writing is great and the first half of the book made me care about the Betzlers, but once the war ends the lives of both of these characters just kind of plummets and there is not much redemption.
At the halfway point though, World War 2 ends and Johannes Betzler becomes the most unsympathetic narrator I’ve ever read. I hate him more than Joe from You by Caroline Kepnes and he was a serial killer. Maybe I should have expected less from a narrator who is literally a Nazi.
It could be that I’m not really much a ~romance~ reader or it could be that the romance in this book, being based on the lie that the war was won by Germany and manipulation/abuse from Johannes, just made me uncomfortable. Johannes also repeatedly brings up how fat and ugly the Jewish girl he’s held as a prisoner for years has become. Why do I care what this man is going through? If you don’t consider him evil, he’s DEFINITELY stupid.
I really wanted it to get better because the writing is great and the first half of the book made me care about the Betzlers, but once the war ends the lives of both of these characters just kind of plummets and there is not much redemption.