Review: The Dinner

The Dinner by Herman Koch
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

For the first time I wanted to give 3 1/2 stars. I didn't feel right about giving it four stars.

A very complex situation between two brothers, their wives and their children. An extreme moral dilemma arises in the behaviour and actions of their children and the question, although never actually spoken out loud, is whether to "turn the children in" or allow them to get away with a terrible crime. Granted, the children are only 15, but they know right from wrong perfectly well at that age.

This book gave me food for thought and I won't forget it any time soon.



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