I read The Boy in the Striped Pyjama's in one sitting on a quiet day during the Christmas holiday. I found it an extremely moving and upsetting book, however this doesnot stop it being one of the most enoyable books i have ever read. After finishing the book i couldn't stop thinking about the two boys and how i had begun reading thinking the title referred to Shmuel but ended up believing that the author may have meant it to be Bruno. My list of points that have stayed with me since reading the book are endless but the blurb on the back cover about crossing a fence and the last paragraph in the book sums it up really. The book played on my mind so much that i decided to watch the film version and although i enjoyed it was disappointed that i missed out so many of the finer details (such as Bruno and Shmuel sharing a birthday and Bruno's interpretation of words such as Outwith etc).