Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781862302914
ISBN: 186230291X
Label: Definitions
Manufacturer: Definitions
Number Of Pages: 592
Publication Date: January 03, 2008
Publisher: Definitions
Studio: Definitions

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Rating: - Complete Disappointment
Due to the acclaims given to this novel, I expected something truly unique; especially due to the interesting narrative - death. However, I couldn't be more disappointed if I tried.

I have read my fair share of books and I am also currently studying Nazi Germany, so I have some insight into Germany around the time in the novel. Before I delved into this book, I thought it sounded incredibly interesting; the narrative was different, the setting and date was at a time of interest and ... Read More

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Rating: - The best book I've read in years!
This book was reommended to me by a friend and I wasn't disappointed - it was a real treat. Different from most books - informative as it tells you about the 2nd World War from the view of a german family living through it. I cried reading the first chapter and was gripped from then on. A must read for anyone who loves a good story.

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Rating: - A truly beautiful book
I can't recommend this book highly enough.
It's true that its very setting fills it with sadness but its originality, delicacy, poetry and certainly humour make it a very special book indeed.
I's one of those books that risks making you unpopular as you try desperately to convince everyone you know to read it.

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Rating: - What a gifted writer
This book was accidently left on a bus and I wasn't even one quarter through. What did I do? I re-purchased it of course, also thanks to the fact that I purchased it both times with a great discount price, how could I not have? I would have missed out the opportunity to read such a good though tragic story. The author makes the story somewhat humorous in some parts to take off the horrific and sorrowful edge of what really happened in that time of history. It was a lovely read and the description ... Read More

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Rating: - Incredible - quite possibly the best book ever
I finished this book last night, rather poignantly on Armistice Day. I was blown away. I had no idea that this was a book for "young adults" but I certainly recommend that everyone of any age reads it. This novel is beautifully written and I found I was carrying the story around with me and thinking about the lives of these characters even when I wasn't actually reading the book. I read most of it on the train and decided to finish it off at home last night - good job I did too because I was literally ... Read More

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