A review by avalydia
The Dinner by Herman Koch

3.0

More like 2.5.

This book was something all right. I don't know. Disturbing, definitely, especially once you realize

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that Claire is just as fucked up as Paul... no wonder Michel turned out to be the kind of person who would attack and kill a homeless woman

. Something was missing for me, though. The narrator was kind of annoying (if only he were just that) and at one point gets self-conscious about ordering the same thing as someone else like... really? Is this a thing? Do people stress about this? Especially when

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their son has just killed someone?

Also, given the subject of the conversation that needs to be had, why on earth is this taking place in a restaurant filled with other people...