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Der Junge Mit Dem Herz Aus Holz (2010)

by John Boyne(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

3596854776 (ISBN13: 9783596854776)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Fischer

review 1: Synopsis: Eight year old Noah’s problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn’t think about them so he runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long, he comes across a shop but this is no ordinary shop. It is a toy shop filled with the most amazing toys and brimming with the most wonderful magic and here Noah meets a very unusual toy maker.The toy maker has a story to tell and it’s a story of adventure and wonder and broken promises. He takes Noah on a journey, a journey that changes his life and it could change yours too.I really did love this middle grade read about a boy who is life is changed by a toy shop. There was just so much wonder in every page that certainly gave me a break from my heavy reading and renewed faith in what is seen as a ... morecute genre, a genre that is simple and filled with simple stories for children but this book, with it’s beautiful depth and lesson was just lovely. What appeared superficially to be just another juvenile adventure book is, in truth, a beautiful and deeply touching fairy tale that I took great pleasure in reading.However, by consulting GoodReads as well, I felt that it could have done with less of the ‘random’. The well constructed theme of time and sense of time ticking was a beautiful element as I know that as young people, we aren’t often made aware of the effects of time and don’t feel how time changes us but it is taught in this story with the aid of magic but the random such as taking donkeys and sausage dogs didn’t really add to the story for me, just held it back. This is just because I think that Boyne could have appealed to a wider age range of young people without the talking animals even though perhaps this was done with the aim of focusing on middle grade readers by giving them something to enjoy but at the same time, communicating the sense of morals and the lessons of appreciation gently.Despite this, it is an incredibly intelligent and poignant way of bringing up the issues that many people or people around you go through, in a quirky way i.e. Loss of someone who was important in our lives, running away from home, not realising that time flies by and that the people that we love won't be around forever. I guess it teaches you that running away from problems isn't always the best solution, and we should really appreciate the people around us a lot more as there will be a day they won't be there anymore.Either way, it was a wonderful story just with a few things that, for me, held it back a little.
review 2: The only word I have to describe this story is 'sweet'. Despite being a middle-grade book ( which I usually don't read) it was an entertaining and magical read, full of interesting characters and a perfect ending. John Boyne really knows how to grab difficult themes and build a story that everyone will understand and remember fondly. Having read 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' I can say I had high hopes for this book. And I was not disappointed. The beggining of this book was enigmatic, strange and a bit surreal and throughout the story we realize who these characters were and their role in the narrative. Brilliant book! less

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