Reviews tagging 'War'

O Menino do Pijama Listrado by Augusto Pacheco Calil, John Boyne

56 reviews

kalyn_c's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Death, and Physical abuse

jayvdw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The book asks the question of how did the Holocaust look like through the eyes of a German child. And the book delivers on this! It was so interesting to read the spoiled german child trying to make sense of this bizar and horrible but sadly real moment in history. 

I did take quite a while for Bruno to actually meet the boy in the striped pyjama. But this time is not wasted and used to really make the reader learn and understand who Bruno is and how he sees the world. 

I believe this book is a great way to teach teenagers about the Holocaust or to introduce the topic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Antisemitism, and War

werepsyche's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

ah yes!! i love to spread extremely dangerous misinformation about a horrible tragedy!! anyway, don't read this book, and stop teaching it in schools. there are so many other books that are accessible to school-age children that are way better suited for genuine education than this book. people don't know enough to understand that this is purely FICTIONAL and pushes really harmful stereotypes and ideas that german civilians were completely ignorant of what was going on when they DEFINITELY WERE. the diary of a young girl, once, hitler's canary... DOZENS of other books that people could be teaching about the holocaust with but they chose the work of fiction that propagates really dangerous fallacies. hate!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Genocide, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and War

akia_nanashi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This put a hard rock in my heart . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, and War

gritsgritsgrits's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Antisemitism

Minor: War

kshae10's review against another edition

dark informative

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture and War

phouka's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Dementia, and Abandonment

maddyy_orourke's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Wow. This book is incredible.

I read this when I was 10, and I thought ‘oh, cool’, not knowing what happened in the end and not understanding the naïvety of Bruno and the situation he was in. A couple years later, I analysed the book for an English project in high school. And I discovered the amazing way that James Boyne has told the story. 

A very strong aspect of the book is its symbolism. For example, Bruno misspelling words in the book (Führer = Fury / Auschwitz = Out-with), implies his dramatic naïvety in the concentration camps. This is just one example, there are many more.

I found this book quite entertaining, but very sad. Knowledge about concentration camps is needed to read this and understand what is happening properly. Definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Slavery, and Antisemitism

Minor: War

brittneyhelen_'s review against another edition

reflective sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Antisemitism, and War

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail