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Book Review of The Reader

The Reader
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I thought this book was okay...not great. I haven't seen the movie, maybe I will now since I finished the book. I wanted to read it first due to all the great reviews I read about it. But I was disappointed, it wasn't that great a read as I hoped. I felt that the story kind of dragged towards the end, and left me somewhat confused.

I wish the writer could have explained more about Hanna and her feelings about being a Nazi guard. It is an interesting story, but I felt it was lacking in substance.