The Reader
By
SCHLINK, BERNHARD
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| Price: | $11.95 |
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| Categories: | Suspense & Thrillers, Novels, General Fiction |
| ISBN: | 0375726977, 9780375726972 |
| Publisher: | Random House, Inc., Knopf |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. Continue reading...
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Helpful Customer Reviews
The Reader
Deb (The United States)
Sun Jan 18 2009 21:14
This book is written in the first-person and reads like a memoir. On one hand, it is a coming-of-age story and explores a boy's perspective on his first sexual relationship and what "love" is. There are painfully identifiable moments inter-spersed with the improbable sexual relationship....more...
Shelly (Bastrop, LA)
Mon Feb 23 2009 19:37
I'm not really sure what to think of The Reader. I didn't love it but I didn't have it either. I settled on a rating of 3 stars since that's smack in the middle. I've read references to this being a Holocaust novel but I personally don't see it as such. For me, this is more about one man's long ...more...
Heather (Charleston, WV)
Wed Dec 05 2007 18:35
When people ask me for book recommendations this is one of the top five that I recommend. I fell in love with this book and complex relationships that the characters experience. One never really does know what they might do until forced into a situation.
Jaime (Royal Oak, MI)
Sat Jan 31 2009 11:18
"Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily. Because happiness is only real if it lasts forever? Because things always end painfully if they contained pain, conscious or unconscious, all along? But what is unconscious, unrecognized pain?"
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Dianna (San Antonio, TX)
Tue Dec 16 2008 09:28
I started this on audio and picked it up in print. I realized after I finished that half of the riveting nature of the plot was the artfulness of the reader Campbell Scott. It must have been very difficult to pick a reader for "The Reader", but they did a fantastic job. When I picked the b...more...
Nyamka (Seoul, 11, Korea, Republic of)
Tue Dec 29 2009 06:44
All I want to say is that I'm happy that I read it.
This is kind of book that would never be forgotten. Story is just so good that I'm actually in love with it. While I was reading I was tried to understand Hanna and Michael throughout the book. At some point Hanna's decisions made me angry an...more...
Simika (Santa Clara, CA)
Thu May 14 2009 17:16
I picked up The Reader to read about a young boy's affair with a Nazi-affiliated older woman.My expectations were simple: this would be a story of an idealistic minor, charmed by a deceptive woman, and what happens in the aftermath of his relationship when he sees her in a courtroom. Instead, I foun...more...
Meghan (Pflugerville, TX)
Sun Mar 15 2009 10:19
When the movie came out there was a lot of press and at some point I heard or read a review that basically gave this story away and I think if this wouldn't have happened, I may have liked the book just a little more.
Chandra requested that I read this book so she had someone to discuss it wit...more...
booklady (The United States)
Sun May 31 2009 23:06
As a general rule, I consider the word “erotic” in any book publicist lingo a euphemism for soft porn, so when I perused the description of Bernhard Schlink’s novel I wasn’t sure if it would be worth bothering with despite its intriguing (to a booklady such as myself) title. The first half...more...
Stephanie (Monroe, LA)
Mon Mar 23 2009 09:31
Most of the women in my book club could tell you that I never rule out a story because of its lack of a happy ending. I still felt betrayed by The Reader even though I understand Schlink's attempt at poetic justice.
I found myself understanding Hanna's attraction of the weaker child, Mic...more...
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