This book is about a boys first love / love experience. He goes through several years of life and realizes everything is compared / measured to his first love. It has historical value in helping this generation understand the civilian side and jewish holocaust side of the third riech. It does make you question your present values, enriches alot of deep thinking if you were put in the SS War and what you would do either for or against the holocaust victims. Seeing Germany during this time will make you see that there are both sides to every story. I liked the book because it taught me that by reading, it will enrich and allow me to understand alot more, becoming more educated, so that life's decisions can have more educated answers (to the deep questions in your own head). I disliked this book because of the child molestation, a 15 year old boy vs. a 30+ year old woman.Read full review
I selected this book for reading because it had been an Oprah Book Club pick, and because it was a #1 National Bestseller. Within the first 25 pages of the book, the author made me laugh! A fifteen-year-old teen, covered in coal dust, in the presence of his soon-to-be mature lover made these people real. From that moment on, I accepted their relationship - odd as it was - as one with integrity and human need. Schlink kept me guessing. What were the secrets being guarded so fiercely by Hanna? The key to the answer was in the title, but I missed the clue until the book began drawing its curtains for its quiet ending. Make time for this book. Don't judge Hanna too harshly until you know the deep, black secrets her soul carries. I respected and loved Hanna in the end. I will not soon forget her and her role in the Holocaust.Read full review
I really enjoyed reading the book behind the movie. Of course it explained a lot of stuff the movie didn't explain. I recommend this book.
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It is a fantastic read very interesting from postwar Germany and A Warm lovestory, I just loved it and the film as well with Kate Winslet
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bought it for a book club...great book. the content was a little bit heavy but an overall fast and easy read.
After seeing the movie I wanted to read the original story. I was not disappointed. the movie followed the book very closely. From the book I felt increased appreciation of the complex psychological and moral aspects of the story.
A translated story far different than the title suggests. Very moving and serious, I wanted to read it to compare it to the movie I had just seen. It follows it almost to the letter.
My family has seen the Oscar winning movie and said that it was fantastic! I love to read books before seeing the movie's. From their reaction I decided to purhcase the book and was impressed by the quick and efficient service. I will continue to use e-bay for many more purchses.
This was one of the worst books I have ever read...in fact, I can't even say that because I never finished reading it. I was confused from the first chapter and it didn't make any more sense once I was half-way through the book. It was not a believeable story. Don't waste your time or money on this one.
The writer tried hard to make the reader interested but I found it depressing, too sad and too unreal to keep a person's interest. The young man had a higher intellect than his addictive attitudes would would have been allowed, and the woman was too zealous and cruel to have been in normal living conditions. The ending was the only real part of the book.
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