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By: John Boyne (Author)
“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude…
All the Broken Places: A Novel
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Price: $19.00 - $12.27
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By: John Boyne (Author)
“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude…
Becky –
Excellent book!
Wow! A difficult topic to be sure – the atrocities of the German concentration camps and the aftermath. But, I loved the way the story was written flipping back and forth between then and now. I really liked that the back and forth was every few pages- too fast to loose track. Well written, lots of emotion and different perspectives and a few unexpected twists. I thought a great book!
kaiba –
Horrendous
The plot is unique to me; I was fascinated by the time line arrangement of the story.It is gruesome, but not sensationally bloody.I am following the author, but it will be awhile before I read another of his works. Judging the “books by its covers” , I’m reasonable sure the subjects will be similar.Well written and mesmerizing…..Haunting … Terrifying.
A. Finch –
A Gripping Novel
John Boyne’s “All The Broken Places” is a gripping novel that won’t let go of you even after you have finished it. It’s the story of the life a woman who was born the daughter of the Commandant of a Nazi death camp. The story only briefly touches on that time. But of course, her family history casts a shadow over her entire life.The novel travels through two separate tracks of time. It begins in 2022 where she lives as a 91-year old woman in London. We learn the current situation of her life. The novel then flashes back to protagonist and her mother fleeing from Germany to France after the war. The stories wend separately through the novel, growing closer in time until they finally connect at the last.The story touches many lives but always comes back to the central question- how do people deal with evil, particularly when it permeates their own life.The woman at the end of the novel is not the woman at the beginning. She has made a space and provided for those she loves, as she meets the current face of evil that has come into her life.All The Broken Places is not easy reading. But it is first rate story telling. For those who like stories that follow world history, replete with interesting yet damaged characters, this may be the novel for you.
Kindle Customer –
Beautiful novel
Yes, I too, read this book in one day. What a beautiful story, and all the angles of time. I loved it. The guilt, yet a young girls feeling throughout. Intertwined in her heart and mind. Beautiful.
Judi Watson –
A mesmerizing story of WWII from a totally different perspective. Highly recommended to all my reader friends. I will be searching the shelves for more John Boyne.
RLS –
Es una novela muy bien manejada y que te invita a leerla sin soltarla. Gran manejo de los sentimientos y la mente.
Wilfried Fux –
Ich kann das Buch sehr empfehlen. Ich habe bereits den Vorgänger verschlungen und auch dieses Buch ist nicht leicht aus der Hand zu legen. Gretel betrachtet die Welt anders als Bruno, steht ihm aber um nichts nach. Sehen wir die Welt im vorigen Buch durch die Augen eines Kindes, so nehmen wir dieses Mal die Sicht der Erwachsenen Gretel in ihren unterschiedlichen Lebenslagen wahr. Sie ist sich ihrer Verantwortung bewusst, scheut aber die Auseinandersetzung mit der Vergangenheit. Die vielen Stränge ergeben am Ende ein in sich geschlossenes Bild und man versteht wie aus der 12-jährigen Gretel die Frau wurde, die sie mit 91 schlieÃlich ist.
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