The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in Between the Lines

Apr 07, 2011 Atishay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas is an overwhelming tale of innocence and tragedy. It is centered on a nine year old Bruno whose father is a commandant in the Hitler-led German army. When his father is asked to take charge of a concentration camp, Bruno has to leave all his friends and comforts of Berlin and move with his family to a place called 'Out-with' in Poland.
Having no one to play with, Bruno becomes increasingly frustrated and longs to return back to his home in Berlin. The only interest ...more

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Jun 15, 2009 Tracy rated it liked it

I give this book 3 stars as it was a good "story". And it should be read as such. Not as an introduction to the topic of the Holocaust as it says on the back of the book. It wasn't an historically accurate portrayal of one of the most evil periods in history. Frankly, I didn't find it shocking enough. Sad, of course. But that time in history was SO MUCH more than that. I don't think this should be a student's introduction to the Holocaust. Start with Anne Frank of course. Or The Book Thief.

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Mar 09, 2009 Nikki rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Wow...I think I am in a state of shell shock. This book is great. It really punches you at the end but at the same time the story is told very gently and without anything explicit. The friendship developed between the two boys is very touching and this book very poignantly captures the loss of innocence of a little boy trying to understand what is going on around him. The question that many people have raised - whether it is possible that Bruno would know so little about what was going on around ...more

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May 27, 2009 Christa (is on top of the world!) marked it as to-read

I've seen the film they made on the book and it was really good. I think it would be intresting to compare the two to see how they macth up. ...more

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May 29, 2009 Sruthi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: awesome-books, realistic-fiction, books-that-made-me-cry, my-favorite-book

This book was VERY good but VERY sad. It's about a Boy named Bruno and his journey's at his new home. I won't say any more because that would ruin it. But I LOVED this book. It really has no plot and just goes on seamlessly. And then they have a traginc ending and I cried.

*Just warning, I really cried because I think it's really sad. If you don't like sad books dont read this book. Even though someone in my class told me the ending, and I knew what was coming, I STILL cried.* ...more

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Apr 26, 2009 Diane rated it really liked it

Shelves: book-club, own, books-with-movies, historical-fiction

A simple, quick read, but still gives you lots to think about.

At first I didn't care for the writing style, but enjoyed it more as I got into the book.

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