hated it. unbearable story. unbelievable characters. unrealistic ending. if you want to read a believable story of children affected by WWII, Someone Named Eva.
Wow. That's all I can say. I spent the entire book wondering why this wasn't taught in schools like "Number the Stars" was when I was in elementary school. Then I got to the end.This book was so brilliant, written from the point of view of a nine year old boy. The story could be anywhere at any ...
This is one of the few books I really loathe. I know that this is fiction ,but the plot was just too implausible and historically inaccurate. Firstly,there is just no way that a 9-year old German child in the 1940s would not know what a jew is or who Hitler is! Nazi propaganda was ubiquitous at that...
John Boyne’s fable about a young German boy’s experiences in Nazi Germany, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is a bit predictable, but its power lies in that predictability. It is akin to watching a train wreck or automobile crash – one can see it coming but yet cannot look away in simultaneous fascin...
Let me start off this review by stating a simple fact about me. Whenever possible, I generally watch the movie before I read the book. This is because I feel that it's the best way to get the best of both worlds. In the past, when reading the book first, the movie has almost always been a huge disap...
Let me start off this review by stating a simple fact about me. Whenever possible, I generally watch the movie before I read the book. This is because I feel that it's the best way to get the best of both worlds. In the past, when reading the book first, the movie has almost always been a huge disap...
This book is a difficult one to review.On the one hand, I believe that the book is charmingly portrayed through a child's eyes, that the concept of the book and point of view is an interesting one, that the character of Bruno is (usually) an endearing one, and that the ending is powerful. On the oth...
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