It is, ultimately, simply too quick - in its action and its many leaps, including through moral and other kinds of hoops - but is certainly adequately satisfying as a pass-time read or book-club selection (lots to discuss!). Talese Empty Hearts RELEASE DATE Empty Hearts release date 20th August 2019 As an Amazon Associate we earn a small amount from qualifying purchases. ) presentation and handling of the issues. Empty Hearts A novel by: John Cullen (Translator), Juli Zeh Publisher: Nan A. a thriller for these times, both in subject matter - it practically screams, on every page: relevant! - and in its essentially TV-formatted ultra-quick (and thin. And the bad guys are more than just a little bit silly. The suicidal drift of a society sinking into fatal anomie, on the other hand, could definitely do with more exposition. The incidental activity and the descriptions of day-to-day business and life - is what's most successful (except when it gets too predictable, as in the safe-house Britta, Babak, and Julietta retreat to). For such weighty material, Zeh has opted for a very breezy story - agreeably fast-paced, but certainly thin in way too many regards. It doesn't quite work - that ship largely sailed with the suicidal premise of The Bridge - but at least she tosses it in the mix, and tries to treat it seriously. Empty Hearts Juli Zeh, John Cullen (Translation) 3.56 3,015 ratings260 reviews Want to read Kindle 5.

Zeh's thriller-plot continues to be rather far-fetched - cinematic or made-for-TV over the top simplistic - but offers more than a passing nod to the moral implications of actions and inaction. A prescient political and psychological thriller ripped from tomorrows headlines, by one of Germanys most celebrated contemporary novelistsA few short.

Empty Hearts by Juli Zeh