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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Sexual content
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I could not get into this book at all. It was very hard to connect the characters. I'm not a big fan of books turned into films but in this case the film was better. Sorry!
i really liked this. the movie is really good as well.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
for the premise, better than I expected
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A 15-year-old boy is seduced/abused by an older woman; after a long relationship, the woman mysteriously disappears. Much later, our protagonist finds her on trial for
Spoiler
being a guard at a Nazi Concentration camp and sending thousands of people to their deathI read this because it was a New Year's Resolution to read more "litt'ry fiction" and "classics". I'm not sure why I thought this would be a good idea for me. These kind of books I... well, I just don't enjoy them. I understand that the author was approaching a very well-worn topic - Holocaust fiction - from a very different point of view. I identified the themes of shame, abuse and loneliness, and how those things manifest themselves differently in different people. But it was just not an enjoyable read for me. The narrative was flat and numbing, which I know was partly the author's intent (another major theme throughout the book was the numbing power that horrifying events can have on people) but also was partly because the book was translated from German.
Reading is my escape - and this was just a big ole downer for me.
TWO STARS.