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Summer Lies (2010)

by Bernhard Schlink(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1611209358 (ISBN13: 9781611209358)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Dreamscape Media

review 1: This was a haunting book. The stories are very well written, but all of them left me with a sense of sadness and foreboding. Some of the stories had me begging the main character (usually a male) to stop being such a jerk or idiot, urging him on to do the right thing, and in one story, begging the male protagonist to stop being so pathetically weak minded. There are no happy Disney-esque endings to these stories. Much like his other books I have read, Schlink's descriptive style brings the reader right into the plot of the story. He has a wonderful voice as a writer. I often feel like he is sitting in the room telling me a story as I sit on the couch across from him. To me, I feel that he is right in the room as I read these books. I also appreciate that he does not take o... moren easy topics. Lying in a relationship can be a simple story; like an afternoon soap opera or a made for TV movie. But Schlink approaches the emotions of lying, being caught, and the consequence on others, not just the liar. Some of the stories are about spouses lying to each other about lost or failed love, others are about infidelity (without the soap opera sexiness) and some are about the protagonist lying to himself about his relationships. Finally, it is also notable that the stories are not all carbon copies, but all unique tales, equally engrossing. I found it challenging to put this book down, yet there were times I wanted to throw the book across the room in anger at the character I was reading about. I highly recommend this book.
review 2: A set of seven psychological stories. All the stories are about the development of (family) relations. The mainly male protagonists deny and ly around a lot, have twisted illusions and expectations and as a reader you can easily feel the probable exit jo. downfall. In my opinion the stories are well-balanced, one more than the other has a certain drive and tension. They are to my liking. 3,5 stars. JM less

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