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OMG OMG OMG!! My head is spinning. All I know is that I was so jazzed when I finished this book at 1 a.m. last night, I just had to write down a list of the things that happened to make sure I understood it all. This is a literary mystery about some nasty people who have some god-awful secrets and plans. The storytelling is phenomenal.When I closed my Kindle, it felt like I had just finished drinking three cups of java. Overstimulation! Help! I didn’t need this mania in the middle of the night;
4.5 Stars. Definitely his best.
Koch Grows as a Novelist, but Loses ImpactHerman Koch's three novels have gradually been getting more complex, but they all revolve around similar themes. I am not sure whether the greater complexity speaks to an increased maturity and assurance on the part of the author, or merely dilutes the power of his raw ideas. Personally, I felt there were far too many things going on in this latest of his books, to the detriment of its effectiveness overall. But this is still the same Herman Koch; those
Unfortunately, I couldn't get into this at all. Koch's books are usually so readable, despite being filled with despicable characters. I'll have to give this one a miss, even though it's always a tiny struggle to shelve a book DNF:-(Find more reviews and bookish fun at http://www.princessandpen.com
Reading 'Herman Koch' is like biting into hot fresh bake bread directly from the oven! Add some melted butter to your steamy soft & crusty chunk with a glass of wine...and you'll be in heaven with *fireworks*. And page after page there are some brilliant -'thought provoking' paragraphs about the most basic situations which will turn your brain into red and black licorice twisters. It's the type of deliciously - original crafting- complex -entertaining book, that when you get to the very last pag...
Find more of my reviews on my blog: https://thesuspenseisthrillingme.com Date Read: 07/29/16Pub Date: 09/06/173 STARSOnce a celebrated writer, M’s greatest success came with a suspense novel based on a real-life disappearance. The book was called The Reckoning, and it told the story of Jan Landzaat, a history teacher who went missing one winter after his brief affair with Laura, his stunning pupil. Jan was last seen at the holiday cottage where Laura was staying with her new boyfriend. Upon publ...
Herman Koch has remarkable writer’s gifts: X-ray vision for the hidden thoughts and inner workings of everyone from an old man to a teenage girl, perfect pitch for dialogue, and such command of structure and plot that my persnickety editor’s mind disappears and I read with a fan’s full abandon, confident that I can give myself totally to the unfolding story.I loved Koch’s The Dinner and Summer House with Swimming Pool , so I was predisposed to surrendered joy in reading for his new book,
Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestThis is one of those books where I wring my hands and ask myself, "What will people think of me for liking this?" Because at its heart, DEAR MR. M is about some pretty horrible people doing some pretty horrible things and also reveals a bleak and cynical reflection of an unkind world. His other book, THE DINNER, was like that, too, and I think that unless you are a bit of a jaded pessimist with a dark sense of humor, you probably won't l
“A reader reads a book. If it’s a good book, he forgets himself. That’s all a book has to do.”So says the eponymous Mr. M, a respected yet fading novelist and one of the key characters in Herman Koch’s novel. And by that criterion, Dear Mr. M is a smashing success. Once I started reading it, I forgot myself and couldn't put it down.Years ago, Mr. M wrote a bestseller entitled Payback, based on a widely-circulated news story of a teenage couple who may have been responsible for the killing of a t...
I've found yet another author to admire. This was my first foray into the dark world of Dutch writer Herman Koch, and I was not disappointed. The story revolves around a writer, "Mr. M", who is in his eighties and whose fame is dwindling into "has-been" status. He is being stalked by an unnamed man who is also his neighbour. The watching neighbour has a bitter contempt for Mr. M, for writers and their process. Danger hovers in the air. I immediately relished the biting and critical voice.But it'...
Herman Koch sure knows how to write one crazy-ass, complex, whodunit thriller!!!Ok, one minute I'm creeped out, the next cracking up, then confusion sets in.....What? Who is narrating now? Ok, now I'm perplexed, but also drawn-in; I cannot wait to figure out what in the hell is going on.I also cannot believe the crude, twisted, heartless characters in this novel.......oh wait a minute.....yes I can, I read The Dinner and Summerhouse with a Swimming Pool.Anyway, in DEAR MR. M, you have an aging w...
Quite the mindfuck (pardon my French, but I can't think of a more apt descriptor).Having appreciated The Dinner, I was curious about the latest novel from Herman Koch.Dear Mr. M was brilliant and perverse, or brilliantly perverse, with quite a few themes and plots demanding our attention. At times, voices, subplots changed abruptly, which I found jarring, but after a little while, I understood what was happening. Somewhere in the middle, it got a bit tedious, as there were too many details about...
