This story really stayed on my mind after reading it somewhere a couple of years ago while choosing some books for my son. I clearly remember the book cover illustration that look just like any light children's story only to find out that it is quite a totally different one. Far from it actually as it deals with Holocaust with a little boy as the main characters. It isn't exactly a non-fiction like Anne Frank's diary but how it ends is pretty interesting.
I had the chance to finally watch the movie yesterday on Netflix after saving it on my list for some time. It was captivating and it made me think how the characters, kids and adults alike, developed their roles. The storytelling used very subtle scenes except for the denouement when the parents found their son missing.
I had to check and reread the end part of ebook again to figure out how much was actually changed from the book to the movie. It was interesting to see how they managed to bring movie ending into a climatic and dramatic one fit for a movie.
I like how the final shot was a room full of striped pajamas. Poetic and eerie.
After watching that, I started reading other book reviews and found some negative ones on how there should be no kids in those labor camps and all other criticisms about fact checking and it's effects of wrong information for the younger readers. I have no idea if the writer really meant any of it as educational but it's not listed as non-fiction anyway.
Just like every book you read, take it with a grain of salt.
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