Summer House With Swimming Pool Review!

  As you know if you've looked at any of my posts, I've been procrastinating posting my Graveyard Book review, because I don't think I've formed a complete opinion yet. Expect that tomorrow! Today I have a review for a book that did take me a little while to read, Summer House With Swimming Pool by Herman Koch.

     I rate books by three main categories, an extra category if the book deserves a special category for some reason, and the overall enjoyment factor.

     I do need to provide a disclaimer ; This book has been sent to me by Blogging For Books

for an honest review.

  The Cover

             I really like the cover of this book. The reason I do judge based on the cover is I think the book can say a lot about the book. And I think everyone can agree we tend to be drawn to books with attractive covers. Needless to say, I would have been drawn to this book by the cover. The cover makes sense with the story and is inticing.

The Story

The story in this book is something like I've never read before. It's told from the point of view of an unreliable narrator, which I always think is interesting. Dr. Marc Schlosser  was a celebrity doctor who was being suspected of malpractice that ended in the death of one of his celebrity clients. We see Dr. Schlosser before and after this incident. It's an interesting view on the doctor, he is very cynical towards his clients. 

The book is very tense, and written very well. It was a little slow for me. There wasn't a lot of action, it was primarily told through thoughts, if that makes sense. It's not a bad thing, the story itself wasn't really slow, it was just hard for me in particular to get into.

The Characters

Whew. Well, every character in this book is pretty unlikable in one way or another. That is refreshing though, in an era where every book tries to make every character desirable. The narrator is intriguing, although he is pretty psychotic. Crazy characters keep me reading, what can I say? There's no lack in character development by Herman Koch here.

Overall

This book was enjoyable, if a little slow. The characters and plot were something different than I've read in a while, and I thoroughly enjoyed that. Koch is a master of the written language, his prose is wonderful, and his characters kept me reading for more.

(4.25/5)