A review by slichto3
Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald

1.0

I am more glad to have this book behind me than any I have ever read. I wish I could at least say I was proud that I finished it, but this was just painful to read. I don't know if it's because it was translated from another language, but the prose is awful. I've read that a lot of people find it beautiful, but I found it boring and excessive and pointless. There are no real characters in this book. There is no real plot. It's just one long, cruddy story from some self-absorbed idiot. I am astonished at the praise this book has received - I will never read it again. It is really not worth the time.