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rossandhissandwich's review against another edition
4.0
Ok, so, it's a touching book but from the chapters 5-14 it seemed a little plain and repetitive, because in the first chapters Hans talks about his new "obsession" with Konradin, then, when they became friends it becomes more repetitive and plain but OH after chapter 14! I didn't mention that this book takes place during the first year of WWII, the main character, Hans Is jewish and his best friend Is Konradin, son of some Nazis. As I was saying, After chapter 14 Hans finds out that Konradin's parents are Nazis and he has this big fight with Konradin because he thinks he hates Jews too, but It isn't like that. They won't talk to eachother that often after that, so Hans Is alone at school, he doesen't have any friends, and Hitler Is becoming more and more popular, so Hans gets bullied at school for being jewish, even by his own teacher, who tells him that when his classmates tell him to go back to Palestine, he should follow their advices. His parents are concearned so they send him to Harvard in the USA, to keep him safe. When he arrives, he recieves a letter from Konradin where he says that "I prefer Hitler to Stalin" and "Hitler won't kill you because you're really smart and he will see your potential". Hans is absolutely heartbroken. Years and years passed, and WWII has come to an end, and Hans -who became a rich, succesful man- recieves a letter where there's written all of his classmates who died during war's names. He's really happy to know that some of them had died, and a bit sad to see others on the list. He doesen't have the courage to see the letter "H" (he was afraid he might see Konradin, even if he thought he was a Nazi). He finally opens it and sees: "Von Hoelfens Konradin, captured planning to kill Hitler, executed". Konradin wasn't a Nazi, he just told Hans he was because his lettera get checked before being sent
I admit I was about to cry reading it, what a plot twist!
I admit I was about to cry reading it, what a plot twist!
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Bullying, Antisemitism, and Hate crime
priscill4's review against another edition
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, and Hate crime
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