A review by thebookofbanana
Concrete by Luigi Reitani, Thomas Bernhard, Claudio Groff

Did not finish book. Stopped at 63%.

This book is so annoying. The main character is controlled by his anxiety. It has been present since his childhood and now as an adult he cannot live without it, so he continuously creates the conditions for his anxiety to continue. This then stops him from getting anything done, as he's too overwhelmed by his anxiety to even write one sentence. This is pathetic, to be in your 50s and still have no control over yourself. The only reason he survived this long is because he's a trust fund rich kid.

I have no problem with morally good, bad, or grey characters or whatever, but please don't make your characters annoying, especially when they're the only real character in the book and the book is written as just their inner thoughts. And yes Bernhard, we get it, you hate Vienna. Bloody hell.