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A review by jasyyyy
The Dinner by Herman Koch
2.0
It's rare that I'm happy to be done with a book. At its core, The Dinner is about family - protection, betrayal, deceit, drama - all the makings of a juicy read. This could have been so good! However, the setting is at a high end restaurant and much of the book rambles on with pointless details about the meal, the menu, the waitstaff, the other diners, the restaurant, the bathroom, the waitstaff's uniforms, the restaurant's landscaping, etc. If you're bored reading the list, imagine reading 200+ pages of that. In reality, this could have been a 100 page book.
There were many loose ends and tangents that went nowhere and the characters were barely developed. In fact, I felt no connection to any of them and found them all quite annoying.
I wanted to stop reading this book multiple times, but kept telling myself it had a good cliffhanger waiting for me. The ending was alluded to and predictable, so therefore a letdown. Overall a disappointing, overrated book.
There were many loose ends and tangents that went nowhere and the characters were barely developed. In fact, I felt no connection to any of them and found them all quite annoying.
I wanted to stop reading this book multiple times, but kept telling myself it had a good cliffhanger waiting for me. The ending was alluded to and predictable, so therefore a letdown. Overall a disappointing, overrated book.