Well written, and thus, translated, story told from the narrator's memories. Many ties to classical literature and philosophy. I was at once enjoying the unraveling mystery and trying to make sense of ideas of right & wrong.

From the very beginning of this book, I could tell that I wasn't going to like it. For me, there was no hooking point, that would draw me into the book, and keep my nose there until it was done. It was a simple book that should have only taken me days to read, but I found myself forcing myself to keep reading, just because I never like to leave a book I've started reading unfinished. I guess it could have been a good story, but the way in which it was written just wasn't right for me. The author asked too many questions, that were left unanswered. And I was left sitting there wondering what the answers could have been. I really wouldn't have minded a little more detail in the story.

This book was very odd. I only finished it because it was short and I wanted to know how it ended. The author kept asking questions over and over, it got so annoying I wanted to say "I dont know!! You are supposed to tell me that!!" If you cut the questions out, the book would have been 2/3 shorter.

A quick read, relatively simple book.

I really, really enjoyed this book. There are so many layers to the characters and it portrayed the issues very realistically. I have a very close German friend and the main character and his battle in dealing with Germany's history are very true to today's German middle-aged population (at least from my experiences). I have read the other reviews and I can see how this book can be taken either way. If you are interested and know about the effects of World War II on current German culture, you will probably get a lot out of this book. If you don't, there are still so many layers to the characters that I think you can still enjoy it. It is definitely a very deep and serious book, though, so if you are looking for a light and happy read, this is not it.

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I really enjoyed this book. It was rather short and a quick read, I finished it in only a day and a half. I liked the parts between Hanna and Michael. Early on I guessed at Hanna's secret from several hints the author provided. I was surprised by the ending though. I would recommend this book. I now want to see the movie version although the book is almost always better.

the book was very down to earth and factual. Plot was very interesting.

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