2007 book 74

Bernhard Schlink's The Reader
This is another of those books whose description makes it seem way more exciting than it actually is. In this case, a young boy in post-WWII Germany begins an affair with a 30-something woman in his neighborhood. Years later, he encounters her again during a Nazi war trial. The description discusses some deep secret she's hiding, which was the most boring and anti-climactic secret ever. I did like the end and have the feeling if this stupid description didn't exist, I'd have liked it a lot more (one of my co-workers recommended it, and she has similar tastes to mine). I guess I'll give it a B.