3.5 estrellas

No me encantó, pero sí reconozco que tiene un mensaje muy potente (y un final que no me esperaba para nada). Mis sentimientos definitivamente cambiaron al saber que el autor describe la historia como una fábula. Lo abstracto tiene mucho más sentido de esa manera. ¡Sin duda, una lectura inolvidable! Si buscas una reseña de **El niño con el pijama de rayas** de John Boyne, ¡esta es la tuya! Es un libro que te marca.

"El niño con el pijama de rayas" encabezaría fácilmente mi lista de "Peores libros sobre el Holocausto".Escribo como alguien que estuvo allí: yo mismo fui un niño con un pijama de rayas y soy un superviviente de seis campos de concentración alemanes. Este libro ignora tanto los hechos históricos sobre los campos de concentración que le da una patada en los dientes a la historia del Holocausto.La premisa de John Boyne es que el hijo de nueve años del comandante de Auschwitz, aburrido de su vida a...

Como Michael Kors le espetó una vez a un diseñador despistado en Project Runway: ¿Por dónde empiezo? Empecemos con algunas palabras descriptivas que resumen este libro, y luego las explicaré con más detalle: Condescendiente. Insípido. Empalagoso. Simplemente malo. Condescendiente: Creo que para escribir buena literatura infantil, tienes que pensar que los niños son seres humanos inteligentes y capaces por los que vale la pena escribir, como Stephen King, que probablemente piensa que los niños so...

Apenas sé por dónde empezar a destrozar este libro. ¿Empiezo con el niño de 9 años y su hermana de 12, que leen como si tuvieran 6 y 8, respectivamente? ¿Las medidas imperiales (millas, pies) a pesar del contexto alemán? ¿El niño alemán, criado en Berlín, que piensa que Der Führer es "La Furia" y Auschwitz es "Fuera-Con", a pesar de que le corrigen varias veces y de verlo escrito? ¿Los otros modismos y confusiones del inglés, a pesar de que se nos dice que solo habla alemán? ¿Y que cree que "¡He...

When I saw the film version at the cinema, the entire audience remained in their seats and sobbed into tissues as the credits rolled. I’ve never experienced anything like it since. With John Boyne finally releasing a much-anticipated sequel, I figured it was about time I read this!The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a simple, yet powerful fable-like story. It was a quick read, but one that will remain with me, and one which I’m still thinking about. This is definitely a book that pulls at the hear...

"When he closed his eyes, everything around him just felt empty and cold, as if he was in the loneliest place in the world. The middle of nowhere."*May 2021 Re-readOne of the worst fictional sister characters. Gretel, you're really annoying. Exactly a Hopeless Case.Maria's character is memorable. She's grateful and I really appreciate such characters in stories.But you know the most memorable character in the entire story is? The one who peels potatoes. Pavel. I will always have a soft spot for ...

Two innocent boys, and two very different worlds, separated by a not so infallible fence.Berlin 1942, middle of WWII, beginnings of the Holocaust. Bruno is a little boy of barely nine years old, son of a very well standing german family. His life passes relatively uneventful until one day his father is appointed commander in a faraway region. Bruno, his sister Gretel and his parents are compelled to relocate to Out-With, to a much smaller house, forsaking family and friends, and sacrificing ever...

There are plenty of insightful reviews on this piece of sensationalist, badly written, idiotic Disneyfication of the Holocaust on Goodreads. I don't have anything to add to the criticism, except that I would love to see it taken off the curriculum in schools.Here are my replacement suggestions:Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944When Hitler Stole Pink RabbitA Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in WarsawAnd of course for more mature students, I recommend Anne Fran...

A powerful concept, but very poorly written (even allowing for the young adult target audience) - and one of a tiny number of books I can think of that was better in the film version.PlotBruno is 9 and lives in Berlin in 1943 with his parents and 12 year old sister. They are wealthy and his father is an important soldier who is promoted to be the Commandant at Auschwitz. The trick of the story is that Bruno doesn't realise the horror of what goes on behind the barbed wire, where everyone wears s...

I seriously suggest you read about what happened to real children in the Holocaust. It won't fill your thoughts for many days or shock you; rather it will fill your LIFE and make you feel sick to the core of your being.Paul Friedlander, himself a survivor, recounts in his recent highly praised book the incident of 90 Jewish infants all under the age of five, orphaned after their parents were murdered in a mass shooting.These children were subjected to indescribable mistreatment for days.Then the...