A story about this — 22 weeks ago
I am almost near the end of the book and I am feeling kind of sick to my stomach at this point. The main character is pretty appalling in her behavior and I don’t think I like her or sympathize with her very much. I wonder if the author tried to think of all the things that people found disturbing and decided to put it all in one book. I don’t know if this typical German writing, in the sense that they are more comfortable in talking about bodily fluids/functions than Americans are. Worth consuming though, maybe you will have a better time reading through this than I did.
*EDIT: Finished reading the book. I don’t feel that the ending was realistic. Glad I read it though but it has a terrible experience.
Comments
Tina
Bonn
I’m from Germany and I think we are in fact a slight bit more comfortable talking about things like that,but still this book was kind of a scandal when it was published in Germany.
However I can assure you that it’s not typical german writing,we have a load of better writers :)
I hated Wetlands too,only read it because I was curious if it was really as bad as everyone said…needless to say that it was exaggerated so much that I thought “this is what all the fuzz was about?” still it was disgusting.
Umm sorry for talking your ear off ^^
angelic1o7
thanks for your insight! what German writer/book would you recommend just out of curiosity?
Tina
Bonn
Recommendations
If you’re into classics I would recommend “Faust I” by Goethe or “The Process” by Franz Kafka,I’m relatively sure they’re available in english :)
For more contemporary literature,I like any book by Tommy Jaud which are humorous/satiric books,however I’m not sure if there’s an english translation!
“Ink Heart” by Cornelia Funke is also very good,it’s a fantasy book originally aimed at young adults but I read it when I was 19 and thought it was really good. There are also two sequels called “Inkspell” and “Inkdeath” which I haven’t read but I’m sure they’re great aswell :)
angelic1o7
Thanks for the recommendations! I’ll look into them.