A review by gosia_maria99
Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink

3.0

Read this for my final year of my degree in German. Not sure why we needed such graphic descriptions of sex between a 15 year old and a woman in her 30s to be able to appreciate the second and third parts of the book, which were very fascinating and brilliantly written, and lined up well with my study and research into the concept of "Deutsche Schuld". I had to dock a star for the first part, there could have been better ways to build up an image of the woman who then stands on trial for a war crime, and the young law student who can't stop attending the court proceedings.