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emcue23 's review for:
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
i don't even know how to properly review this book.
morally devastating, as the review on the cover suggested aptly describes it. Michael Berg felt more a villain than Hanna in some bits of the novel and that's what compelled me to him (that and he reminds me so much of the person who recommended the book to me). he was so cold at times. ruthless.
I especially loved the brief moment where he was talking to his father about whether he should reveal Hanna's secret to save herself.a small bit of philosophy, but nothing preachy (i'm looking at you ayn rand).
"if one knows what is good for another person who in turn is blind to it, then one must try to open his eyes. One has to leave him the last word, but one must talk to him, to him and not to someone else behind his back" - michael berg's father.
beautifully written. absolutely devastating.i need a happy novel about talking animals after this one. but i'm not sure how many novels about talking mice will make this one stop haunting me and questioning me about my own moral stand points and the constant tossing and turning debate of whether i like Hanna or i don't like Hanna. i commiserate with Michael's guilt for loving Hanna but loving a criminal .
onward to the book about mice.
morally devastating, as the review on the cover suggested aptly describes it. Michael Berg felt more a villain than Hanna in some bits of the novel and that's what compelled me to him (that and he reminds me so much of the person who recommended the book to me). he was so cold at times. ruthless.
I especially loved the brief moment where he was talking to his father about whether he should reveal Hanna's secret to save herself.a small bit of philosophy, but nothing preachy (i'm looking at you ayn rand).
"if one knows what is good for another person who in turn is blind to it, then one must try to open his eyes. One has to leave him the last word, but one must talk to him, to him and not to someone else behind his back" - michael berg's father.
beautifully written. absolutely devastating.i need a happy novel about talking animals after this one. but i'm not sure how many novels about talking mice will make this one stop haunting me and questioning me about my own moral stand points and the constant tossing and turning debate of whether i like Hanna or i don't like Hanna. i commiserate with Michael's guilt for loving Hanna but loving a criminal .
onward to the book about mice.