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Caging Skies
by Christine Leunens
I just don't know what to make of this. I haven't seen Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit yet but thought this as a Kindle daily deal on the back of it. The novel starts off with a fascinating take on the Hitler youth movement from a child (Johannes) brainwashed by school and the narrative aimed at children by the Third Reich. Then Elsa comes into it and it quickly goes (for the reader) downhill, from genuine terror at whether Johannes will expose her, to some boyhood fantasy to a horrible masochistic, controlling 'relationship'. I couldn't enjoy it and skim read from about 40% onwards. I'll see the film at some point but am a bit confused as to how Taika made it a comedy/drama when there is just no comedy in this novel at all.