I read this book over the Christmas holidays and was hooked straight way, looking forward to when I could read the next chapter (a challenge with a young family).  What I liked most about the book was how the innocence of children is portrayed through Bruno but also the the way in which as an adult you couldn't help to try deduce what was happening.  The author just manages to keep one step ahead of you confirming your suspicions along the way.  I agree with some of the blogs mentioning that it was frustrating not being able to guide Bruno especially towards the end of the story.  I did guess the end but I was also hoping that by some miracle they would both be saved or that it was just in time for the war to have ended.   Maybe this was due to the influence of the Hollywood factor or more the fact that this story will sit heavy in the mind long after reading it.
I have an 11 year old daughter who loves history but I would not share it with her just yet as she finds it hard to read books that make her feel sad and I know that she would take Bruno's story to heart.  I will definitely put in on the bookshelf for her to read later. 
I have no desire to see the film as I have not yet seen a film that is better than the book and as my colleague Kate has already said the book gives you so many powerful images which are vivid within my imagination thats the way I would like to keep it.
Overall this is a book that I won't forget and have already made sure that my friends that love reading know about it (some of which already do). 

Cheryl - St Joseph's