Vasectomyfan53’s Reviews > Mother Night > Status Update

The narrator is seemingly more willing to accept accountability for his wrongdoings now that he has absolutely nothing left to live for. But does he even need to take accountability? Howard has been so many different versions of himself that I think not even he knows what cause he was truly serving. His whole life has been stripped down to just playing characters that he thinks will keep him alive. Character limit.

Getting really good, had to go over the part about werner hanging again because it was so fire. Noticing how everything feels fake with the narrator, like he really doesn’t feel for anything or anyone except his wife. He comes off as quite the hollow individual but somehow is pretty likable. Kinda delusional about his own wrongdoings though.

This book has some fucking bars goddamn. Im roughly around where I put it down a few years ago and it didn’t inspire anywhere near the same amount of thoughts then as it is now. Still in love with the characterization of everyone, particularly the absurdity and contradictory nature of a lot of their beliefs that are shared in such an earnest way. Really unique take on the idea of “just following orders” so far.

Started this a couple years ago but never finished it, now that im a grown ass 22 year old man I feel a spark of dedication to stick with it. One thing that’s sticking out so far is how human this feels; so much is said about the characters in such brief interactions. The doctor who grew up in Auschwitz, his mom, the prison guards, all have like a page dedicated to each of them but so much is learned.