Comments on: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:31:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286093 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:31:48 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286093 In reply to Tara.

He is truly gifted. You know something is going to happen, but right up until it does…you hope. And then BAM it hits. I think I need to see the movie.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286092 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:30:00 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286092 In reply to Allison.

I’m going to watch the movie when my husband is out of town so I can sob to my heart’s content!

I think you’ll love Invisible Furies. It’s not the tearjerker of Boy, but is a more relatable, contemporary sadness. Not as sad.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286091 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:28:18 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286091 In reply to Renee.

This is one of those cases where you know it can’t end well, but he moves so smoothly that it just hits hard. It really made my heart hurt.

]]> By: Renee https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286076 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:08:34 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286076 What a fantastic review! I’ve wanted to try another book by John Boyne since finishing Heart’s and I’ve actually just downloaded The Absolutist but I think I’ll also read this as well…I love a good cry!

]]> By: Allison https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286073 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 20:07:55 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286073 This book is amazing and completely heartbreaking. I think I read it a year or two ago and wasn’t ready to subject myself to the movie, but your review reminded me that I would like to watch it.

I should be receiving The Heart’s Invisible Furies soon and I can’t wait!

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286071 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:06:39 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286071 In reply to Tara.

Thank you! It was so painful- you knew it couldn’t end well, but aren’t sure where it will go. And then…it’s over. I was devastated. John Boyne is becoming one of my favorite authors.

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286070 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:05:01 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286070 In reply to Sarah’s Book Shelves.

It’s a heartbreaker. I cried for 45 minutes after I finished it. I could not stop.

Because it’s YA it’s really short. You could read it in an afternoon- but be ready…

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286069 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:04:01 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286069 In reply to Susie | Novel Visits.

No, I didn’t know there was one! I’ll need an entire box of tissues.

]]> By: Tara https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286067 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:00:19 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286067 I LOVE THIS BOOK! I’m so glad you decided to read it and, even more important, that you enjoyed it. I can totally relate to that feeling of dread as you neared the end of this story; your review is lovely and makes me what to reread it!

]]> By: Susie | Novel Visits https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2017/12/boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/#comment-286066 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:47:10 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=9736#comment-286066 I’m so glad that you tried another Boyne book and liked it so much. THIF was so good and he’s written so many other books that I’ve been thinking I need to try one. Did you see the movie adaptation of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas? It was fantastic!

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