Sebastian Fitzek is one of Germany's best-known thriller authors. But he can also write novels. With humor.
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Sebastian Fitzek is one of the most successful German authors in the field of thrillers. His books, such as "The Therapy" or "Amokspiel" fascinate with their breathtaking twists and frighteningly realistic scenarios. In doing so, Fitzek always succeeds in illuminating the abysses of the human psyche in all its facets. At "Elternabend" Fitzek tries it with humor. Spoiler: It works.
Sebastian Fitzek is one of the most widely read thriller authors in Germany. With "Elternabend" he presents another non-thriller. © Christian Grube/Imago/Droemer (Montage)
Sebastian Fitzek "Parents' Evening": About the book
Sebastian Fitzek has always understood cliffhangers in his thrillers. As a master of the psychological thriller, he knows exactly how to create suspense so that the reader stays tuned to the story. He understands it so well that some titles, together with Vincent Kliesch, were filmed for television and also caused high tension there. Chapter by chapter, the reader wants to know how Sascha Nebel and the woman who were cast in the role of Christin and Lutz Schmolke are doing.
Sascha Nebel has chosen the wrong car for a theft at the wrong time and in the wrong place. As soon as he has taken a seat behind the wheel of an off-road vehicle, a horde of demonstrating climate activists marches through the street. Above all, a young woman who demolishes the SUV with a baseball club. When the police appear on the scene, Sascha and the stranger flee and burst into the parents' evening of a 5th grade.
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The book should by no means be understood as a pure comedy, as the book also deals with topics such as suicide and depression. Despite everything, the humorous passages can be found in abundance in the book. Sebastian Fitzek explained to SWR 1 that the story had developed in the course of writing. Fitzek's own experiences of parents' evenings, which certain parents never attend, were taken favorably for his story.
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A lot of his own work has been incorporated into the novel. After all, anyone who has school-age children knows those events where you have to wait far too long on chairs that are too small in order to finally become a parent representative, even though you didn't really want to become one before. Fitzek emphasized to SWR 1 that the book might help to shorten all other parents' evenings to less than an hour. A pious wish that is unlikely to come to fruition so easily.
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While it may be a little hectic and chaotic at the parents' evening in the book, the dialogues and the sometimes exaggerated characters are convincing. Mixed with Fitzek's humor, this foray into the non-thriller world works very well. However, die-hard thriller fans prefer to stick with its other titles.
Sebastian Fitzek "Parents' Evening": Conclusion
For all those who want to immerse themselves in the world of parents' evenings. Even if the cover with the woman and the baseball bat suggests a possibly harder content, here it is a humorous Fitzek that is fun. Fast reading that entertains and whose cliffhangers prevent you from putting it aside.
Sebastian Fitzek "Parents' Evening"
2023, Droemer ISBN-13 978-3-426-28413-1
Price: Paperpack €16.99, E-Book €12.99, 336 pages (different from format)
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Sebastian Fitzek
Sebastian Fitzek, who was born in 1971, is one of Germany's most successful authors. Since his debut novel "Die Therapie" (promotional link), he has been regularly represented on the bestseller lists with all his books. His books are now published in 36 countries and have served as a template for international cinema adaptations and theatre adaptations. He was the first German author to receive the European Prize for Crime Literature for his work and was awarded the 2018th Poetics Lectureship at the University of Koblenz-Landau in 11. Fitzek lives in Berlin.
