Review: The Reader

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is an interesting story about the generation of Germans who came along immediately after World War 2 and how they dealt with the sins of their parents and the guilt of their nation. The Nazi crimes are personalized in the character of Hannah, a woman in her late 20s or early 30s when she rescues 15-year-old narrator Michael from his vomit on the sidewalk.

Michael and Hannah become lovers, and he becomes obsessed with her. Then she di...