The cuckoo’s child

I have to become “Verhandlungsicher” in German (capable to negociate in German), which means that to boost my German, I have to watch German TV (and God, do I hate it), read German books and obviously take a business German class -thank you my dear employer for paying for it.

I am showing good will, and I am doing all these things. When I moved to Munich, I did buy some books in German and as I was not what one can call fluent (understatement of the year) I had a look at the teen section to take it easy (easier!). Now I am digging them up again, because my other alternative at the moment are the memoires of Willy Brandt, and of course I admire the man very much, but it does look denser… The book I am rereading is called Kuckuckskind (“the cuckoo’s child”, this bird that steals other bird’s nest).

You follow the thoughts of two teenagers (18), a boy and a girl. He is a womanizer, she is too grown up for her age and they end up in the same class. From that point, they officially hate each other, and of course also feel attracted to another. A lot of serious things are gonna happen, that are gonna make the characters evolve and co and the book is great, particularly in the way it is written. One chapter is her thoughts the next one his and etc. It was actually pretty deep for a teenage book and I read it really fast with great pleasure.

So if you are trying to improve your German as well, maybe that s a tip for you?