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Summer House with Swimming Pool
by Herman Koch
The first few chapters of Summer House with Swimming Pool are dedicated to descriptions of what it's like to be a doctor. If the book was just about life from a medical professional's point of view and the day to day grind of getting up close and personal with aches, pains, bumps, and bruises... that would have been good enough for me.
Koch is just a daggum great writer. He can take the most mundane stuff and breathe life into it to make it fascinating. The beginning of the book and other sections sprinkled throughout almost felt like nonfiction, like a disgruntled physician peeling back the curtain to share what life is like on the opposite side of the examination table.
But this isn't nonfiction. Thank God this isn't nonfiction. Herman Koch dabbles in fiction. Dark, twisted, beautifully written fiction.
If you liked The Dinner you should enjoy this one as well. If you hated The Dinner you probably don't even care that this book exists. There are definitely some similarities between the two books. A bunch of rich people. A crazy event (this time at a summer house with a you-guessed-it swimming pool). Dumb teenagers. Unlikable parents. No one to root for. Plot twists. A great ending.
I think Koch has found his niche and I expect future stuff from him will be similar, but if his next book is about deep sea fishing or molecular biology I will probably still read it.
Koch is just a daggum great writer. He can take the most mundane stuff and breathe life into it to make it fascinating. The beginning of the book and other sections sprinkled throughout almost felt like nonfiction, like a disgruntled physician peeling back the curtain to share what life is like on the opposite side of the examination table.
But this isn't nonfiction. Thank God this isn't nonfiction. Herman Koch dabbles in fiction. Dark, twisted, beautifully written fiction.
If you liked The Dinner you should enjoy this one as well. If you hated The Dinner you probably don't even care that this book exists. There are definitely some similarities between the two books. A bunch of rich people. A crazy event (this time at a summer house with a you-guessed-it swimming pool). Dumb teenagers. Unlikable parents. No one to root for. Plot twists. A great ending.
I think Koch has found his niche and I expect future stuff from him will be similar, but if his next book is about deep sea fishing or molecular biology I will probably still read it.