Thursday, August 4, 2011

Book Review #17 ~ The Boy in The Striped Pajamas

I am sure everybody has heard of this one. If not the book, you have probably heard of the movie. In my opinion, both the movie and the book are good, but you should probably read the book first; it's what I would say with all movies based on books.
ANYWAYS
The title of the book :
The Boy in The Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
This book takes place in the time of the Nazis. It shows how life was like in World War I.  Nine-year-old Bruno's father works for the army-the German army. Bruno is perfectly happy living in Berlin with all his friends, but much to Bruno's dismay, his father gets sent to a place called Out-With, taking his entire family with him. Bruno absolutely hates it at Out-With and believes that he will one day die of boredom. There was absolutely nothing to do there, and sitting there all day doing nothing makes him even more bored. Looking out the window one day, he remebers that he loved to go exploring back in Berlin and decides to do exactly that at Out-With. So out of the house he goes, exploring under, around, and above. Then one day, he comes across a massive fence. And on the other side of the fence is a boy in striped pajamas. This is fascinating to Bruno, for other than his sister, he had not seen any children around the place. Just soldiers. He sits down across from the boy and starts to talk to him. Before they knew it, they were the best of friends and everyday Bruno visited the boy and they talked for hours. But when Bruno makes a daring move...
I can't tell you the rest, I'm sorry. This is one of those stories that you absolutely can't spoil. You just have to read it for yourselves. The author did an amazing job of describing in great detail everything that happened, so you can just borrow the book from the library and read it. It's phenomenal, and you can't turn this book down. It's a must-read.
I would definitely recommend this book to everyone, but prepare for tears....
Alright then, I will be back soon with another book, but until then, bye-bye~!

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