Bismillah.

Buku ni aku beli preloved punya, RM8 daripada someone yang memang tengah let go buku-buku kepunyaannya. Aku dah pernah tengok movie ni dulu (ada adaptasi filem), masa aku kecik lagi sebab novel ni dah lama sebenarnya. Therefore, aku tahu jalan cerita dan aku tahu ending buku ni. Inilah puncanya aku susah nak habiskan bacaan buku ni, aku keep on baca sikit put down baca sikit put down sebab aku dah tahu cerita dia macam mana hahhahaha. I don't wanna spoil ya, but it's a good ending.

Buku ni ditulis menggunakan POV orang ketiga. Latar masa ialah ketika Perang Dunia Ke-2. Watak utama, Bruno ialah anak seorang christian Commandant yang berumur 9 tahun, sedih kerana family diorang terpaksa berpindah ke Out-With, kawasan terpencil jauh dari rumah mereka di Berlin kerana tugas ayahnya.

Dah nama pun budak, so mestilah dia bosan sebab takde kawan. Kawasan tu bukan rumah perumahan. Fyi, it's a Jewish camp. I don't know what it's called, tapi tu tempat yang diorang (christians) kumpul Jews. Bruno ada kakak bernama Gretel, tapi biasala siblings diorang tak main sama-sama.

So Bruno ni memang suka explore tau. One day dia decide nak explore kawasan luar rumah and that's how he met Shmuel.

The rest of the story, yall have to read for yourself. Or maybe watch the movie i guess.

Tapi berbanding movie dan buku, aku lagi suka buku. Aku dapat menyelami perasaan Bruno dan the cruel Holocaust.

Aku rasa macam nak cerita pasal Holocaust for those clueless peeps out there, but not in the post. Someday kut.

Buku ni start dengan Bruno came home from school and found that the maid, Maria, was in his room, packing up his stuffs. Dia pun tanya mak dia kenapa ni? Mak dia cakap la yang diorang kena pindah sebab kerja ayah. Then the story unfolds yada yadaa.

Overall, i give this book 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Minus 1.5 stars because at times, I couldn't comprehend Bruno's actions. Like that time Shmuel conveyed his sad memories, and Bruno said he couldn't understand why Shmuel was sad. I mean, okay I get it he was a child. But I don't think... I dunno does a child act like that? He was smart and brilliant-should've been able to take a hint.

Plus, Bruno doesn't know what a Jew is. HELLO?? Your dad is a commandant for the love of flowers (this is my style of curse word hehe) how could you not know what a Jew is?!!

And Shmuel, he was always sitting there in front of the fence every evening. Bro didn't have to work? How's that even possible?

I love how the story is really easy to read and understand. The author didn't put a lot of difficult words in the book so I didn't have to trouble myself googling all that hard stuffs.

But the story was good nonetheless. I read a lot of critics that reviewed this books as a false truth to Holocaust education, but hey it is FICTIONAL. A historical fiction. What you expect?

Do I recommend this? YES.

Would I reread this book? Definitely. But not that soon. Maybe sometime in the future because I got a lot of things to do.

The ending was a good one you know. Because it didn't tell in exact details what happened to Bruno and Shmuel, but well you know what happen *winkk

By the way, ni buku pertama aku baca tahun 2022. Aku target nak baca 20 buah buku (sempena my age) hehe. Pray for me yeorobunnn~~