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Couldn't put this one down. Read it in one day. I was totally thrown for what she was in court for, and what her secrete was, though I did figure it out before it was written in the book. Great read, but definately a sad tale.

I just finished this book, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is about a 15 year old boy who had an affair with a woman in her mid-30's. Later, years after the affair ended, he runs across her again while he is a law student. He is observing a trial for which she is the defendant charged with Nazi war crimes. The book brings up a lot of ethical questions - not just about the affair, but about the crimes for which she is accused. It would be a great book club read. Wish I had read it that way, as I'd love to have someone to discuss it with. I think it would be a good book to read in tandem with Lolita for a book club and then discuss the comparisons of the affiar the boy has with the woman and the obsession Humbert has with Lolita. The ending was a surprise to me!

A quick read that was very well written. You develop a relationship with the charecters. It starts off with some fairly blatent erotic parts, but develops into a fully story. I'd recommend it.

I read this book because I am a big Kate Winslet fan and wanted to read the novel for the new movie she is in. I can see how this book is going to translate well to film. Mostly because this book does not give a lot of descriptions to things that are going on save for a few elemental things that the narrator held on to from his youth so when it's translated to film you don't loose a lot of that details that books tend to loose. I found it a very easy read but it didn't captivate me like I hoped it would.

I thought this book was so boring! I read the whole thing hoping it would get better! No Luck!

Shocking relationship, shocking turn of events. Very captivating. Simple and compelling. Makes one think. Recommend if you can deal with descriptions of intimacy.

I loved this book - short, different, moral challenge

I thought that this book was awful. It was written in a way to keep you reading, making it a quick read, but I was just so bored with the whole thing. The "big twist" is so predictable, I knew it within the first two chapters. I read the whole thing through just hoping that there was some other twist. A waste of time. I hated it. Don't believe the hype. But then again, that's just my opinion.

This book changed my life.

This book is one from Oprah's Book Club. It took me awhile to get into it, but once I did, I enjoyed reading it. It's mostly about a boy growing up and learning about love and relationships. After his love affair ends, he discovers that the woman he loves is on trial for being a guard at one of the Germanany's concentration camps.

This book was great. It combined the passion and love or lust between two people and what war does to people. It was interesting to me how Hanna, in her guilt over what happened, allowed most of the blame to fall on her in the trial, unwilling to hide anything and willing to take the blame. There was a time when she took the blame for writing a falsified report, even though she couldnt because she was illiterate, because she blamed herself so much that she wanted to be severly punished. While the true main perpetrators got small prison sentences, she got life, but in the end, she succeded and used her experiences bless others lives.

I can't say more than it was one of the best books I've read.

Ugh, this book was not very good at all. It had been recommended to me by a friend and I had to give it back. I only read 3 chapters and all I can say is BOOOORRRINNGG!!

Startling in both the moral implications and courtroom drama. I couldnt put it down; it was that good. A good book club read !!!

This book was boring to me. I kept waiting to see where it went and it never went anywhere good.

Wow, a powerfully compelling novel about relationships and moral judgements. A very quick read that stays with you for quite sometime.

As always, a good Oprah's Book Club choice

from Oprah's book club

Oprah's book club pick!

"Born and raised in Saratoga, NY, the three Saperstone siblings are scattered throughout the country leading very separate lives. But when their proud spirited mother dies, they are drawn back home. Here, her children discover they have inherited a stunning legacy: long-term investments bequeathed by Henry Ford, Harvy Firestone, and Thomas Edison - who called themselves 'the vagabonds' - to the Saperstone's grandmother. Hush money for a night of indiscretion and held in trust for generations, this unexpected windfall is about to utterly transform their lives." (from the back cover's description)