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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Slow to start but really quite engaging once you get into it. The ending was a surprise too, which I liked a lot.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
The Reader is often described as "erotic," but I did not find it so--whether because I'm female or because the relationship was too distasteful to my morality to be erotic, I can't say.
While the title "The Reader" refers literally to the narrator's role reading aloud to his much-older lover, it could also describe his role as the reader or interpreter of the story. His bourgeois little life of scholarship, marriage and divorce, is really not particularly interesting. It is Hanna's force of character that drew me in. Her clawing determination, her fierce pride highlighted by the cravenness of her co-defendants, her character arc from one who only takes and reacts to one struggling with what she might have to give, are what I'll remember the most.
It's not exactly the kind of book one "enjoys" so much as the kind one is affected by.
While the title "The Reader" refers literally to the narrator's role reading aloud to his much-older lover, it could also describe his role as the reader or interpreter of the story. His bourgeois little life of scholarship, marriage and divorce, is really not particularly interesting. It is Hanna's force of character that drew me in. Her clawing determination, her fierce pride highlighted by the cravenness of her co-defendants, her character arc from one who only takes and reacts to one struggling with what she might have to give, are what I'll remember the most.
It's not exactly the kind of book one "enjoys" so much as the kind one is affected by.
Very complex themes in this one, centring around post-holocaust Germany and the issues the younger generation experience when dealing with that topic. The prose is straightforward and almost casual, with the protagonist constantly asking rhetorical questions to the readers. Quick read too; which I like.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes