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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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I did enjoy this book although not as much as some others. It’s a gruesome and sad topic told through the point of view of an innocent little boy a great concept and expertly executed. The author does a wonderful job in the voice of the young boy. The language and syntax are adult with enough smatterings of the child’s perceptions and reflections and word choice to make it real. Excellent, job here. The author also doesn’t beat the reader over head with descriptions or facts and gives a great deal of credit to the reader to understand and figure out what is happening. Calling the man, The Fury is an excellent example as well as The Out With. Amazing creativity. This creativity is in part what held me in the story. I will definitely read more by this author and recommend this book.
David Putnam Author of The Bruno Johnson Series.
David Putnam Author of The Bruno Johnson Series.
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November 17, 2019
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November 11, 2020
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Nov 14, 2020 01:00PM
I loved this book but I find Boyne's other works more poignant.
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Dennis Maddocks wrote: "Well said. (Both Shmuel and) Bruno has became one of my favourite characters, his imagination, his charm, although he is redeemed with the advanced vocabulary any adult would use. Great book and su..."Thank you Dennis. :-)
Mai-Anh wrote: "I loved this book but I find Boyne's other works more poignant."I have his other books on my TBR list. :-)
Insightful review, David😊 I refused to to the movie that was made about this book. I thought it would be too disturbing. I cried my eyes out at the end. Glad you got to read this book.
Marilyn wrote: "Insightful review, David😊 I refused to to the movie that was made about this book. I thought it would be too disturbing. I cried my eyes out at the end. Glad you got to read this book."Thank you Marilyn. :-)
I loved this book and the movie. I hope humanity can learn from this, sometimes I fear not. Did you know thi is a true story?
Book2Dragon wrote: "I loved this book and the movie. I hope humanity can learn from this, sometimes I fear not. Did you know thi is a true story?"No, didn't know that.
The movie is excellent. Does humanity ever learn? Maybe it's just that it doesn't remember.
Carol wrote: "The movie is excellent. Does humanity ever learn? Maybe it's just that it doesn't remember."Sometimes I think that humans are more like animals. In the animal kingdom some species have self-adjusting populations in order to preserve the species. Is that what keeps happening to us? The world's population starts to get out of control and War or genocide is natures way of shutting down the vast numbers that could destroy the world with over population?
Audrey wrote: "It's not a true story. It has some inaccuracies.https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/..."
Oh, thank you Audrey. :-)
Have you read, "The Heart's Invisible Furies?" That is a book that has stuck with me.
Lisa wrote: "Have you read, "The Heart's Invisible Furies?" That is a book that has stuck with me."I have that one in my TBR pile that is bubbling up pretty quickly now.
David wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Have you read, "The Heart's Invisible Furies?" That is a book that has stuck with me."I have that one in my TBR pile that is bubbling up pretty quickly now."
I keep seeing Rebecca on readers favorites shelves and I have that one coming up as well.
Move Heart's and Rebecca up the list. They are both fantastic reads.
Lisa wrote: "Move Heart's and Rebecca up the list. They are both fantastic reads."Excellent, thank you I will. I have a few thrillers to knock out first. :-)
