SkyOfFallingWater

SkyOfFallingWater t1_j5t7yjk wrote

Reply to ‚Top picks for you‘ by Goodreads by Lizardine

You could try The Storygraph. While it can also be used for tracking and challenges, it has really good recommendations in my opinion. If you want them to be based on the books you read, you need to join the plus plan, but there are other ways of discovering new books as well:

Firstly you can fill out your preferences (genre, mood, some keywords, etc.) and you'll get a list of books based on that.

Secondly you can simply pick one of the books you enjoyed and click on "Browse similar books". Often the recommendations are quite good and the platform doesn't only show the popular one's (I've had books recommended with no more than eight ratings).

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SkyOfFallingWater t1_j5ptyy9 wrote

Reply to comment by LuckElectronic in Which is the toughest book you have read? by LuckElectronic

It follows the student Kurt Gerber as he's approaching the final exams at his school. He's basically disoriented, depressed and well, you know... the typical stuff lots of young people deal with. It also talks about oppressive authority from the teachers and the ending is unfortunate and devastating.

It was published when Torberg was only 22 years old. He was inspired by his own experiences and the fact, that there were a lot of student suicides in the year 1929 (in Austria I'm guessing).

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SkyOfFallingWater t1_j5pnq2u wrote

Reply to Which is the toughest book you have read? by LuckElectronic

Weirdly enough the first book I thought of was "The Royal Game" by Stefan Zweig.

But two others come to mind as well:

The Road by Cormac McCarthy (though for me the movie was even darker)

Young Gerber by Friedrich Torberg (now that I think about it this is probably my definite answer, but I don't know if it would still have that effect on me because it might have just been due to the time I read it in... then again, I think it would still be devastating)

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SkyOfFallingWater t1_iydehuu wrote

Reply to Other Movies like(The Boy In Strip Pajamas) by Narrow_Emergency_669

Fly Away Home (2016) -it's based on an autobiographical book of an austrian writer, where she recalls the last days of WW2, when she was a child

Wunderkinder (2011) -incredibly heartbreaking german movie about three musically gifted children during WW2

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (2019) -based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name (not as tragic as the others)

Wolfskinder (2013) -about a bunch of so-called wolf children (street children surviving on their own during and after WW2)

And I second "The White Ribbon"

(Actually "The Boy in the Striped Pyjama" is for great parts not very realistic... just wanted to let you know.)

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