Vollidiot: Der Roman (German Edition)
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By C. Foyle
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This is a great book for anyone learning German; funny, not too difficult to read with plenty of modern, colloquial language.
Format:Paperback
Much as I enjoyed another Tommy Jaud book (Resturlaub: Das Zweitbuch), I found Vollidiot somewhat unrounded and altogether disappointing after finishing it. The story revolves around Simon Peters, a late-20s youngster in Cologne, who is fed up with his job, his friends, his being single--his life in general--and how he goes about trying to set things to rights. Essentially, of course, everything he tries to achieve goes wrong, and every action he takes has a punchline waiting around the corner.
There isn't much by way of a story here - most of the action is punctuated by nights in the pub, and the best intentions trying to get a date, but Jaud has an eye for making even the most mundane humourous. Our antihero Simon's cleaner, a Croatian by the name of Lala, adds a lot to the mix with her antics, setting him up on a blind date, accompanying him to a gig whilst he is on another date, as well as breaking things around the flat and apologising in her heavily accented German. Jaud could probably have enough material for another book just based on her day-to-day life.
Nevertheless, there simply isn't enough here to tie the book together. Little happens of any consequence, and the humour factor ranges from sometimes inciteful, biting sarcasm, to simple cringe-inducing moments of mania on the part of the main character(s). It starts off strong, with some great descriptions of Ikea's policy towards single people, or the gym Simon joins to get fit (which turns out to be a haven for homosexuals), but towards the end of the book I found there were fewer and fewer laughs to be had, and the ending is rather abrupt and feels somewhat rushed.
Still, like the previous reviewer, I can certainly recommend reading something like this to people interested in learning German. This is by no means a prize-winning piece of literature, but the language is very contemporary, and should be relatively easy to follow for learners. It would probably appeal to most men in the same age-range (particularly anyone who's experienced that feeling of being fed up with everything), and no doubt to the many women who find themselves in a relationship with one of these Vollidioten!
There isn't much by way of a story here - most of the action is punctuated by nights in the pub, and the best intentions trying to get a date, but Jaud has an eye for making even the most mundane humourous. Our antihero Simon's cleaner, a Croatian by the name of Lala, adds a lot to the mix with her antics, setting him up on a blind date, accompanying him to a gig whilst he is on another date, as well as breaking things around the flat and apologising in her heavily accented German. Jaud could probably have enough material for another book just based on her day-to-day life.
Nevertheless, there simply isn't enough here to tie the book together. Little happens of any consequence, and the humour factor ranges from sometimes inciteful, biting sarcasm, to simple cringe-inducing moments of mania on the part of the main character(s). It starts off strong, with some great descriptions of Ikea's policy towards single people, or the gym Simon joins to get fit (which turns out to be a haven for homosexuals), but towards the end of the book I found there were fewer and fewer laughs to be had, and the ending is rather abrupt and feels somewhat rushed.
Still, like the previous reviewer, I can certainly recommend reading something like this to people interested in learning German. This is by no means a prize-winning piece of literature, but the language is very contemporary, and should be relatively easy to follow for learners. It would probably appeal to most men in the same age-range (particularly anyone who's experienced that feeling of being fed up with everything), and no doubt to the many women who find themselves in a relationship with one of these Vollidioten!
By Anna Kiest
Format:Paperback
Ever read foreign fiction because you needed to improve your languages, but didn't enjoy it? Well, if you're not usually into literature but want a good story, with a bit of humour thrown in, try this.
Simon Peters was recently dumped by his girlfriend, hates his job, can't get any joy from his bank, his morale is at an all time low, and his aim of meeting the woman of his dreams before his 30th birthday looks increasingly impossible. And he's got his own tiny flat, in Cologne.
It gets better... he signs up by accident at a gay gym, has a love hate relationship with the self help book his best friend gave him, tries to throw a football manager out of his own lounge on his 60th birthday (after eating the birthday cake), does a drunken commando-style raid to retrieve a mobile phone he sold by mistake, gets set up on an unsuitable blind date by his cleaner, and finally takes the advice of his platonic girlfriend.
Does it all end happily ever after? Not quite, but if you enjoy it, the sequel "Millionaer" picks up the story two years later. And that one has a happy ending.
Simon Peters was recently dumped by his girlfriend, hates his job, can't get any joy from his bank, his morale is at an all time low, and his aim of meeting the woman of his dreams before his 30th birthday looks increasingly impossible. And he's got his own tiny flat, in Cologne.
It gets better... he signs up by accident at a gay gym, has a love hate relationship with the self help book his best friend gave him, tries to throw a football manager out of his own lounge on his 60th birthday (after eating the birthday cake), does a drunken commando-style raid to retrieve a mobile phone he sold by mistake, gets set up on an unsuitable blind date by his cleaner, and finally takes the advice of his platonic girlfriend.
Does it all end happily ever after? Not quite, but if you enjoy it, the sequel "Millionaer" picks up the story two years later. And that one has a happy ending.
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