A review by marc129
Zomerhuis met zwembad by Herman Koch

2.0

It‘s probably be my fault, but I found this to be very mediocre. Only the middle piece captivates a bit, because of the thriller-like suspense after the dramatic event with daughter Julia. And, as already indicated in my reviews of earlier work by Koch, this author knows something about human psychology and the ambiguities which we all automatically display. But the longwinding start of this story, the sultry character of just about all male figures (how cliché they are!), the subcutaneous nihilism (both in the old and the young characters), and the silly ending of this book .... No, at most this a good read for on the beach, or ... in a summer house with a swimming pool.