This book started off strong and ended brilliantly; the middle bits were tough for me. Boyne is really funny, but in the same exact way for almost 600 pages. Novel and shocking at first, then kind of tiring. When there isn’t much character development or resolution during that middle part, the humor doesn’t add anything. But as he began wrapping the book up (last couple hundred pages), there was a wonderful mix of beautiful, moving story and wry humor. I would recommend to a very particular kind of reader!