Author: Herman Koch
Genre: Fiction, Standalone
Published: 2013
Personal Rating: 3/5 (just okay)
Format/Narrator: Audiobook/Clive Mantle
Yearly Count: 100
Two brothers and their wives meet at a posh restaurant for dinner and discussion.
What an odd read! First of all, I would never have been able to get through it had I not listened to it. I loved the narrator, so he kept me interested. However, hearing about every mundane detail of anything and everything was extremely difficult even with Clive.
The storyline was very peculiar. I have my opinions, but I think they would be spoilers. Ultimately, I didn't really like it, but it would make a good book club read. I had many thoughts that I would have liked to share and explore. A book club would have been good for that.
Two brothers and their wives meet at a posh restaurant for dinner and discussion.
What an odd read! First of all, I would never have been able to get through it had I not listened to it. I loved the narrator, so he kept me interested. However, hearing about every mundane detail of anything and everything was extremely difficult even with Clive.
The storyline was very peculiar. I have my opinions, but I think they would be spoilers. Ultimately, I didn't really like it, but it would make a good book club read. I had many thoughts that I would have liked to share and explore. A book club would have been good for that.
A lot of people raved about this book when it first came out but enough people have felt like you that I've been leery of reading it.
ReplyDeleteBermudaonion ~ I had hoped I was going to rave about it. Bummer.
DeleteI remember first reading about this book and thinking it sounded like a strange premise, one I am still not sure I'd like. If I do decide to give it a try, I'll go for the audio, since you liked the narrator.
ReplyDeleteLiterary Feline ~ Interestingly enough, I think it's the strange premise and the oddity of the book that I was hoping would win me over. I still think I would have liked it more if I was in a book club.
DeleteI had the audio checked out of the library and Jason gave up on it after the first cd. I had to return it but do want to try it myself someday. I like weird :)
ReplyDeleteStacybuckeye ~ I understand why Jason gave up. I wanted to know what was really going on and I thought the narrator did a good job, so I kept going. If it were a book, it would have been set aside as a DNF.
DeleteI keep seeing this one everywhere and almost picked it up in paper format the other day. Glad I didn't! So the whole book is centered around that dinner conversation?
ReplyDeleteTrish ~ Hi there Mommy-of-Two! Yes, but there are flashbacks to complete the story.
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