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"...there's a difference between breathing and being alive."

I've been working my way through all of Boyne's books, and each time I start a new one I think to myself that there is no way this one can top the previous one. And each and every time, not only have I found myself mistaken, I am left astonished by his blinding literary brilliance.
There is no way to rate his books in order of best to worst.
There simply is no worst.
There isn't even a mediocre.

This story has shattered me.


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Absolutist John Boyne 9780552775403 Books Reviews

Have you ever read a book that so upset you, so pissed you off, that you kept thinking-well when I finish this; I am going to write to this author and give him a piece of my mind, and then you realize that the piece of your mind that you want to give him is that he has written a book-that has in it's transformative power, touched you at the most raw places in your mind and heart? Such was my experience with "The Absolutist" by John Boyne, an Irish writer most well known for his bestselling children's book "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." This is a book that is difficult to fit into a specific niche. Although there is a sexual relationship between two men, it can in no way be neatly packed away into the genre "Gay Literature." "A War Story", yes perhaps, but not one that hits you in the face like, let's say "All Quiet on the Western Front." No this writer is far too good for the direct hit approach; he instead relies on the slow sly systems used to write a good novel, the building of character and plot through action and description and suggestions. There is a scene in the book which I read through the veil of my tears where one knows that there can be no good outcome, but Mr. Boyne skillfully keeps you out there on the skinny branches, hoping against hope that something will happen that will change the probable consequences, but when the inevitable comes to fruition, you have the feeling of being sucker punched in the gut. At the end of the day, it can best be described as "A Morality Tale", but oh what a tale is told along the way. This is not a book that I will find easy to have in person discussions about, it took charge of a part of my heart that I am pretty sure will make it all but impossible to discuss without, quite frankly, losing it. I am an avid reader, averaging 40-50 books a year, and one of the reasons that I am compelled to keep reading as much as I do is that every once in a while something comes along that is so extraordinary, so thought provoking that it makes me realize that I have to reorganize my list of the best books that I have ever read. "The Absolutist" by John Boyne is such a book.
Other reviews have eloquently stated aspects that I would only be repeating about this book. I will just say it is the first book in a long long while that made me feel totally there. And by there I must try to explain -- in each characters being and in the author's mind at the same time. For probably the last 30 pages I hung on by my fingernails hoping against hope as I watched the words unfold before me like a theatrical experience that the ending would satisfy and it so did. I could not wait to tell a book loving friend about it, about my experiencing it. Yes, there is a gruesome war, there is homosexuality, there is mud and guts but how can I explain the writing, the heart, the quiet completeness of the lead character was all. I cannot, you must read it.
This is my second Boyne novel and will definitely not be my last. Nothing is wasted in his writing; every word is essential. Although this can be construed as a heartbreaking story, it is constructed with such nuance that it never cloys.

Another reviewer opined that the wrap-up was gratuitous. I cannot disagree more with that view. Seeing the characters in that last setting formed a perfect conclusion to the story at hand.

John Boyne's voice competes with the best when it comes to expressing the sheer horror of war through the naive victims who bought into the same-old, same-old that seems to repeat itself ad nauseam.
Tragic story, beautifuly told. Have read a couple of Boyne's books now and find them incredibly readable, compelling.
Captures more than anyone else the complex emotional uniqueness of a gay man's life, without dwelling on the physical aspect of relationships, which a lot of gay literature tends to do.
It is difficult for us to imagine how it must have been in the era of this novel when gay life was further complicated by illegality, social and family rejection.
But this story challenges on many other levels; survival and success in spite of social hippocracies and the twisted morality of war.
John Boyne is a variable author - some of his books are brilliant, some not so good. This one is in the first category. He uses a gay encounter to drive the narrative but this is NOT a gay book.

Two volunteers training at Aldershot prior to being shipped to the front circa 1916 have a brief gay liaison which means more to one of them than to the other. At the front they experience very different destinies and the survivor returns home with letters written to the other by his sister which he arranges to return to the lady.

The book skips between the past (the war) and the present, 1919 and the story unfolds. What is cowardice ? Do the peace- time rules and standards apply in war ? Who are we to judge what a person does in the madness of war ? All of the arguments are presented very subtly and it is a very good, if harrowing, read.

I had always seen Pat Barker as the great WW1 writer; this is better than anything she has written.
"...there's a difference between breathing and being alive."

I've been working my way through all of Boyne's books, and each time I start a new one I think to myself that there is no way this one can top the previous one. And each and every time, not only have I found myself mistaken, I am left astonished by his blinding literary brilliance.
There is no way to rate his books in order of best to worst.
There simply is no worst.
There isn't even a mediocre.

This story has shattered me.