The way that Bernhard Schlink wrote this book makes you feel like you are seeing everything through the eyes of main characters Michael Berg and Hanna Schmidt. You begin to understand the growing love connection between the two unlikely lovers and feel the disappointment and heartbreak that both experienced as secrets were revealed.
The teenage Michael has a love affair with Hannah which he must keep secret from everyone. As He seems to be emotionally scarred from his experience and as a result he keeps himself at a distance from his contemporary friends and later with his wife and daughter. He divorces his wife and never marries again.
Many in our group thought the book was slow and tedious. All who persevered ended up enjoying the book though. None of us could quite understand the mindset of the guards at the concentration camps. It is hard to imagine what you would do if faced with such a choice. This book really paints a personal picture of what it may have been like to be part of a concentration camp.
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