ronniefinley 's review for:

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

5.0

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okay i read this like 2 weeks ago but didn’t want to rate it/post it on goodreads bc i was sending it to amanda as a surprise after i read it and so i waited to post. BUT OMG lemme tell you. what a controversial, erotic, morally questionable, well-written literature masterpiece. thought provoking and edgy. def one of my all time favorites. the characters are unlikable and unjustifiable but i was still sympathetic to them which is maybe a moral concern but it’s written in a way that i had no choice but to be at least somewhat sympathetic