My mom got me this, and I never really looked at it before throwing it in my bag on a trip so I'd have something to read when I finished Maus. Despite a bit of Holocaust overload, I find myself liking it quite a bit. The premise of Death as the narrator seemed like it would be extremely gimmicky, but it actually works pretty well. And so far, it's not overly mawkish on the Holocaust angle; the approach is mostly about how normal day to day life was in small town Germany while all this horrendous shit was going on.
Still have 200 pages to go, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the restraint. It would be easy to let the setting or stunt narrating drown everything else out, but so far it's maintained it's focus as a surprisingly warm, occasionally funny coming-of-age story.
Anyway, I know how much everyone likes to curl up with a good Holocaust story around the holidays, so I thought I'd do the club a favor.
Still have 200 pages to go, but I've been pleasantly surprised by the restraint. It would be easy to let the setting or stunt narrating drown everything else out, but so far it's maintained it's focus as a surprisingly warm, occasionally funny coming-of-age story.
Anyway, I know how much everyone likes to curl up with a good Holocaust story around the holidays, so I thought I'd do the club a favor.
