The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

@esther-c AHHHH, YOU DID!?!?!?!?🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 GIRLLLLL, I ABSOLUTELY ADORE THAT BOOK!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!

Such a sad ending, but such a GOOD BOOK!!!!!! John Boyne did an AMAZING job with it!!! 💖💖

I just love that book altogether, and it’s just SOOOOOOOOO good!!! A classic, really. A book I think everyone should read, but maybe that’s just my opinion XD

i can’t get my siblings to read it tho…*sadness*

But ahhhhh, what was your fav scene!?

Mine’s probably when Bruno/Shmuel first met and they started learning about each other…so cute and sweet!! 🥰

The babies tho 🥹😭

@esther-c

YESSSS!!!!! I actually heard you mention it to somebody and so I got it out from the library. All I knew was that it was a his-fic. The librarian told me it was a sad book… she was right 😢

Ahhh, glad I could influence you to try it!!!! Yesss, so sadddddddddd 😭 such a meaningful book though

I know!! As soon as Bruno crossed the fence, I was like “Oh no, this is not good…” and when they started marching I had a feeling I knew what was coming 😭

😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

There’s a movie too…and I low-key wanna watch it…but idk….maybe I don’t want to cry that much…

Yes for sure!!!

Lol. After I finished reading it I told my Mom she needed to read it. And she was like, “Is it sad?” I said yes and she wasn’t sure if she wanted to read a sad book but I was like “It’s so good though!!” 😂

Lol, that sounds like me trying to get my siblings to read it…they know what happens tho, so that’s why they don’t want to read it, bc they APPARENTLY can’t stand/like sad books/movies as much as I do 🤣

Agh!!! So hard to choose!! I think I’d have to agree with you though. Their first interactions was adorable!! 🥰

Ikr? 🥰🥰🥰

Yesss 😭 They were both just so innocent 🥺

I think having it told from a nine year old’s point of view really got the message across though. 😢

The poor innocent babiessssssss 😭😭

Yesssss, made it so much more powerful!!! 😭🥹😢

@esther-c

I’ve heard… I kinda wanna watch it too…I’ve never actually cried during a movie before so….we’ll see. 😬😅

You haven’t!?!? Girlllll, watch Faith of Our Fathers, starring Kevin Downes, Stephen Baldwin, and David A.R. White, among others (including Si Robertson 🤣)…that movie makes me cry EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!!!! 😭😭 It’s a Christian Vietnam War movie…and just….😭💖🥹💖

But yesss, I wanna watch the movie…but I’ll need tissues. XD

That’s so funny 😂

*sighs* I guessssssss so……

🤣🤣

@esther-c

Lol 😂 Nope, I haven’t. I don’t get very emotional with movies. I tend to be more emotional with books though. So with both (books and movies) I’ve teared up, but never really started crying before. (The movie I Heard the Bells almost got me to cry. That one was soooo good!!! And Where the Red Fern Grows… 😭) Don’t worry though. I’m not all that hard hearted. XD

That sounds interesting though!! I’ll have to check it out!

That just seems crazy to me….🤣😂 maybe it’s just because, literally, my own books make me cry, others’ books make me cry, and movies make me cry too! Like, literally, I rewatched Endgame a few days or so ago, and I cried 3 times!!! like, idk what even happened!!!

Yes, I’ve heard about Where The Red Fern Grows….and don’t worry, I don’t think you’re hard hearted! Some of us just cry easier than others…especially lately, lol. Apparently I’ve been emotional lately, and I have no IDEA why 😂😂 And yesss, definitely check it out, it’s amazing!!!! 😍

😂 I totally understand how you feel tho. I’ve been trying to get my brother to read a book series that I really like, but he doesn’t want to because he didn’t like the first book. It gets better as the series progresses though. One day I’ll get him to read it… one day…..

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At least I’m not alone!!!!!!! 🤣🤣

@esther-c

I’VE HEARD OF THAT BOOK! It’s on a TBR list… by what you and Freedom are talking about idk if I can handle it rn. XD

@freedomwriter76 @euodia-vision @esther-c

I enjoyed the boy in the striped pajama’s as well.

If you guys would like another book to read set in the same time period of the boy in the striped pajamas, (ie about Nazi Germany) I highly recommend In the Garden of the Beasts by Eric Larson. It is a very interesting read and is extremely well researched. It follows the American ambassador to Germany during the rise of Hitler.

If we are just talking about really sad things besides books then since esther-c already has movies covered I will have to throw out the musical Parade which is one of the most Sad musicals I have ever seen on stage (I didn’t even cry during Les Mis). It’s currently on broadway until aug 6 and won the tony award for best musical this year. It is actually quite similar to being some sort of weird cross between the boy in the striped pajamas and to kill a mocking bird (both good books).

@smiley YESSSS, you need to read it!!!!!!!!!!

@folith-feolin. Ooh, I read some of that book!! It was really interesting!!! (didn’t finish it tho 😂😅)

Hmm, that play sounds interesting. Ooh, I believe that I’ve had To Kill A Mocking Bird recommended to me…but I’ve never read it yet, lol XXD