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朗読者 by Bernhard Schlink

11 reviews

be4thedawn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Ein guter Klassiker der mich am Anfang total gecatcht hat aber ab der Mitte recht nachgelassen hat leider. Jedoch ein sehr interessanter Plot und überraschende Charakter - Kann man auf jeden Fall lesen :)

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mausekuchen's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Ich habe schon lange kein Buch mehr gelesen, bei dem ich mir am Ende so unsicher war, wie genau ich es bewerten möchte. 

Das Buch thematisiert sexuelle Ausnutzung und emotionale Manipulation, Erklärung und Verklärung von Erlebtem und Personen, von ethisch-rechtlichen Fragen und eigener Moral, von Eitelkeit und Scham, der emotionalen Taubheit bei Konfrontation mit Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit und der großen Schuldfrage in all dem.

Es stellt interessante philosphische Gedankengänge und Hypothesen auf, aber vollkommen hat mich das Buch nicht überzeugt. Da ich noch keine andere vergleichbare Literatur zur Aufarbeitung der Nazi-Zeit gelesen habe, fehlt mir auch Vergleichsmaterial, um das Buch auf dieser Ebene zu bewerten.

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sp00kyx's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

*Read in German.

I watched the movie a few months ago and really liked it, but felt dissatisfied by the message. I felt as though the director didn’t really know himself what he wanted to convey, and what they wanted the message to be. It left me confused and frustrated. But the book answered all of those questions and I loved the way Bernard Schlink showed the thoughts and personalities of the two main characters. Hanna was actually a person, with a story and a real personality (positive and negative) and not just this evil person that needs to be condemned like in the movie. The message was also so much clearer in the book and it really made me think about the way we (as a country) handled and handle this topic. The writing was great, straight to the point but still immersive and the ending deeply upset me.

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taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

2.5


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tigertheory's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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carolin_xenia's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0


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buzzi_maus's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sag mir doch wer dass es nach dem ersten Kapitel nur noch weiter bergab geht :,)

kl liste meinerseits zu im buch erwähnten büchern:
 - "Le Rouge et le Noir" Stendhal 1830
 - "Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull" Thomas Mann 1922
 - "Ilias" Homer 8./7. Jh. v. Chr.
 - "Odyssee" Homer 8./7. Jh. v. Chr.
 - "Vier Reden gegen Catilina" Marcus Tallius Cicero 63 v. Chr.
 - "The old man and the sea" Ernest Hemingway 1952
 - "Emilia Galotti" Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1772
 - "Kabale und Liebe" Friedrich Schiller 1784
 - "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" Joseph von Eichendorf 1826
 - "Krieg und Frieden" Leo Tolstoy 1865

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merrychristmas's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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adrionmacaron's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5


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clarisseep's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0


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