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This book is seen in my video: Recent Reads Ep 14

I'm so happy I finally got around to reading this book. I had seen the movie and I feel like many of you out there have as well. If you're curious the film and book are near identical. To summarise, Bruno is the son of a man who runs a concentration camp. Living by the concentration camp, Bruno befriends a young Jewish boy and the story goes from there.

Due to watching the film I knew what was going to happen so, I think subconsciously, I kept myself at a distance from the characters. It was still intense and still a good story though, with my favourite aspect being the third person narration which still had elements of childishness and unreliability (is that a word? It is now haha). I feel like I can't help but give it five stars because it is so memorable and heartbreaking but I should probably note that I am happy it wasn't any longer than it is.

If you enjoy reading WW2 novels you should defs consider picking this one up!

Triggers (spoilery so watch out!): racism/genocide, WW2 brutality, child grooming