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ir_sharp2 's review for:
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
I have no idea how to categorize this one. It's odd, cold, and detached. I kept reading it so I can't give it 2 stars. I was very clinical and detached toward the characters so I can't give it 4. It falls into the 3-star category simply because I continued the experience. I always wanted to squeeze in one more chapter (most were 4-6 pages long), but I wouldn't say I had any emotional attachment. This may be due to the POV and the coldness of the narrator. Perhaps it lost quite a bit in translation from German to English. However it came about, the experience of reading this was like being in a room temperature bath. No bubble bath, no candles, no real heat to the water. Simply a tepid experience, and yet I don't regret reading it