My heart is broken after reading this. Going into reading this, I knew there wasn't going to be a happy ending, but it was not the ending I was expecting. I was really invested in the characters of Bruno and Shmuel, and even though I expected a sad ending, it was far worse than what I had imagined. I think this is a great book, because we're seeing the Holocaust through the eyes of a child that really doesn't understand what's going on. I really enjoyed this, and I think the end has a great impact and shows just how bad wrong the whole situation was.