Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? by Martina Hefter review - a hit in Germany that falls flat in English

The premise of this novel about a ballet dancer who baits love scammers into conversation is great - but the story feels overwritten and underfeltMartina Hefters Hey, Good Morning, How Are You? has caused much argument in German literary circles. It won the countrys most influential fiction award in 2024, and quickly sold 80,000 copies. But critics were divided: Die Zeit compared the books seductive power to the love scammers it depicts, while Deutschlandfunk Kultur criticised its shallow charac...