I have a lot to say with this book. When I first read it, I thought I was gonna gobble it. The premise looks fine, and I know that this is a classic. But as I went through the 100 page mark, this got boring for me. I didn't know what was happening. There were a lot of scenes that I didn't find important. I even DNF it for quite some time because I was so bored. The characters didn't attract me. And I didn't care if Hans, Rosa, Rudy, or Liezel would die. Maybe I am just a dumbass that I didn't get the hidden messages or the subtlety of the mundane scenes.

But for me, I think the book is good objectively. The writing is good. I learned a lot of words and new ways to construct a sentence.

As I progressed to the last parts of the book, I found myself a little bit invested like what I have been during the first chapters. The bombing, the dead bodies. Wooh. Love it. I didn't cry though because the deaths were foreshadowed already.

I wish my perception about this book would change when I watched the film version.