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O leitor

Bernhard Schlink

3.65 AVERAGE

dark emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wow. I really enjoyed this book. But what a sad sad story.

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challenging emotional reflective sad tense
informative reflective sad medium-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

philia's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

ewww
challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5/5⭐️

I found this book translated oddly, and it was slow in some spots.

But I have never read a book that left me feeling so empty. There are a lot of controversies written in this book, with the age gap and Hanna’s treatment of Michael, but it still broke my heart. Michael loved her so much, even if he had a hard time admitting it or felt guilty for it. He was such a good person, and I felt angry that he didn’t really get his happy ending. As for Hanna, I know what she did was unforgivable, but she it took a lot of strength to let all the other accused to pin the whole thing on her. It was clear that she felt guilty for her actions. The questions of “What would you have done?” still remains, and it will continue to haunt me.

Everything made absolute sense when it revealed why Hanna agreed to something that wasn’t the truth, why she got angry when Michael left her to get breakfast, and why she had him read to her.

I am utterly devastated. This book will stay with me for a long, long time.
dark emotional reflective
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A