THE DINNER, A NOVEL BY HERMAN KOCH (BOOK REVIEW)
Hello dear readers! I'm back with another book review. The Dinner, a novel by Dutch author Herman Koch was first published in 2009. This novel has been described as a bestselling phenomenon. Certainly, this novel has achieved international success. The Dinner was not only successfully translated into many languages, it was also adapted to film. There are four notable film adaptations of this novel. Out of these film adaptations, the Dutch one was made first, followed by Italian, American (USA) and South Korean films. So, what kind of novel is it? What is the secret of its success? First of all, it's a dark novel. Reading the blurb, I gathered as much. However, I wasn't prepared for how dark it truly was. It starts off as a thriller, but it turns into something darker with every page. The novel has been compared with the Gone Girl , but it is a very different kind of novel. The suspense that the author builds in this one is more psychological, and less dependent on the p...