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moriartyandherbooks 's review for:
Summer House with Swimming Pool
by Herman Koch
This review is going to be me rambling as I'm essentially ranting to myself:
I'm not sure how this author does it. He has his main character say some of the dumbest and most ignorant things about both women and minorities, in fact, I cringed every time I read one. The main character is hardly likable, and yet just like with The Dinner I couldn't put this book down. Having finished it, it's not as if it was some complex story, in fact it's not even a full thriller like The Dinner was, but regardless of all these "issues" I have I really liked this!
You know, I definitely can't say Koch isn't a good writer. Whether he has these horrible characters say and do offensive things because he himself believes any of the things he has these characters saying or not, I have no clue. I start off being putt off and a bit angry when I first come across these things in his books, but then end up really enjoying the story anyways. It's nonsense! So I guess I have to assume he's writing the characters this way on purpose, which means he's actually great at creating and writing characters. Well ok then I guess he is a good writer!
I'm not sure how this author does it. He has his main character say some of the dumbest and most ignorant things about both women and minorities, in fact, I cringed every time I read one. The main character is hardly likable, and yet just like with The Dinner I couldn't put this book down. Having finished it, it's not as if it was some complex story, in fact it's not even a full thriller like The Dinner was, but regardless of all these "issues" I have I really liked this!
You know, I definitely can't say Koch isn't a good writer. Whether he has these horrible characters say and do offensive things because he himself believes any of the things he has these characters saying or not, I have no clue. I start off being putt off and a bit angry when I first come across these things in his books, but then end up really enjoying the story anyways. It's nonsense! So I guess I have to assume he's writing the characters this way on purpose, which means he's actually great at creating and writing characters. Well ok then I guess he is a good writer!