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A review by rekadarnb
Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch
2.0
**I received this as an ARC from Read It Forward; based on the number of stars, they clearly didn't pay for this review**
I've read Herman Koch's The Dinner, and I liked it...so I had high hopes for this one: boy, was I disappointed! Kock can write, that much is true. He kept me interested enough, but either I'm really slow or he wasn't being exactly clear about what happened on the damn beach. Honestly, it might be a combination of the two, but still--why must I still not know the roles everyone played in the "incident." I pretty much hated the characters, but it's a Koch novel so I knew what to expect (I also don't mind unlikeable characters in general). I think it's cute that Koch tries to make his main characters somewhat affectionate and protective towards their kids, but in this one, it falls flat. I wanted to slap the piss out of Marc and Caroline over some of the dumb decisions they made. The sexist undertones were to be expected as well; I mean, really, look at the world we live in and it's always there. I didn't get mad about it, it's not use. I probably wouldn't recommend this one, and I most definitely wouldn't re-read or own it.
I've read Herman Koch's The Dinner, and I liked it...so I had high hopes for this one: boy, was I disappointed! Kock can write, that much is true. He kept me interested enough, but either I'm really slow or he wasn't being exactly clear about what happened on the damn beach. Honestly, it might be a combination of the two, but still--why must I still not know the roles everyone played in the "incident." I pretty much hated the characters, but it's a Koch novel so I knew what to expect (I also don't mind unlikeable characters in general). I think it's cute that Koch tries to make his main characters somewhat affectionate and protective towards their kids, but in this one, it falls flat. I wanted to slap the piss out of Marc and Caroline over some of the dumb decisions they made. The sexist undertones were to be expected as well; I mean, really, look at the world we live in and it's always there. I didn't get mad about it, it's not use. I probably wouldn't recommend this one, and I most definitely wouldn't re-read or own it.