libraryofthorns 's review for:

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

2.0

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This shouldn’t be tagged as historical. There are way too many issues to overlook regarding the facts of concentration camps and the Nazi regime. I have only read a dozen or so non-fiction books on the subject and seem to know more about this time period than the author does. Unless this story is meant to take place in an alternate Germany, in which case, it should still not be marked historical. I’m not even going to get into the whole English/ German language issues.