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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5194.The_Reader?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518206m/5194.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5194.The_Reader?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Reader</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2894.Bernhard_Schlink">Bernhard Schlink</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11464613?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>I've read a few books about the Holocaust but always from the Jewish point of view; never one from a German point of view after the war. This book focused on the German guilt after the WWII for the next generation of German children. I gave this book a two because while I felt the topic was interesting, I also thought the writing was too choppy (probably something lost in the translation). <br/> <br/>I also felt little for the characters of Hanna and Michael. It wasn't just the fact that I didn't like or dislike the characters, but I also didn't understand them. I felt the writer could have given a little more detail about Hanna's past in the concentration camp and the trial. It was also hard to understand how the relationship between Hanna and Michael even started. <br/> <br/>While a portion of this novel did focus on the Nazi crimal trial of Hanna and 4 other female guards, the majority of this novel centered around Hanna and Michael's relationship. The guilt, confusion, and hurt feelings Michael had over Hanna leaving continued into his relationships during his teenage years, his young adult life, and into his forties. It was an incredibly sad story because no character ever seemed happy or complete. <br/> <br/>I think I would like to continue to read novels about the after effects of the Holocaust both from the perspective of Germans and Jews but perhaps novels that focus more on historical facts. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/54076?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>