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The Reader is the story of 15-year old Michael Berg and his relationship with the much older Hanna Schmitz. Intense and short-lived, the relationship has a profound effect on Michael. By chance Michael meets Hanna again whilst studying Law at university and discovers a secret she has kept hidden throughout her life.
This deceptive tale of love and loss is a merely a thin veil masking over the more complex themes of betrayal, shame, and guilt. One can almost feel the heavy burden of guilt carried ...more
This deceptive tale of love and loss is a merely a thin veil masking over the more complex themes of betrayal, shame, and guilt. One can almost feel the heavy burden of guilt carried ...more
Oct 10, 2018
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The reader starts with an event that creates a future for the Narrator and Hanna Schmidt a much older women. Michael Berg (15) is taken ill on his way home from school and Hanna helps him and sees him safely home. Once recovered he returns to thank Hanna and so begins a sexual relationship. Later, at university, Michael attends War crime trials in which Hanna is a defendant. There are many interesting facets to the storyline and many philosophical questions arise. At times it feels a bit flat wh
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I gave this book three stars because sometimes I liked it five stars and sometimes I liked it less than three, so three is the overall average. Fabulous writing. I'm convinced this really happened to this author. It is so sad and bereft it has to be true. It is a Holocaust story but interesting in that it is the aftermath and how it affects people who were barely born.
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Possibly ruined a little for me by already having seen the film (and so the "twist" was no twist at all) I still enjoyed the laid-back style and pace of the book.
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This book was disturbing. It shows that you really don't know people as well as you think you do. I enjoyed reading this book and thought that it was a quick read.
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Jan 18, 2011
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