Siobhan's review
Saturday
by Ian McEwan
Siobhan's review
Saturday by Ian McEwan
Siobhan's review
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** spoiler alert **
I thoroughly disliked this book. It's the only Ian McEwan book I've read and if this is typical of him, I'm not going back for me.
Each character, and each event, seems to have a massive backstory to get through before we can get back to the present moment. That got tedious fast.
As for the characters, with their perfect lives in a toney London neighborhood, they're not particularly interesting. The bad guys who do show and good give the book a little texture are caricatures and really not worth consideration here. But what do you know, all's well that ends well for the main character and his lovely little family. Amazing!
As the book draws slowly to its conclusion -- and I emphasize the word "slowly," my impatience mounted. But then this whole family is held hostage and when the hostage situation ends, the main character, a neurosurgeon, ends up operating on one of the bad guys. Not bloody like, and the author does nothing to make this unlikely scenario more beli...more
Each character, and each event, seems to have a massive backstory to get through before we can get back to the present moment. That got tedious fast.
As for the characters, with their perfect lives in a toney London neighborhood, they're not particularly interesting. The bad guys who do show and good give the book a little texture are caricatures and really not worth consideration here. But what do you know, all's well that ends well for the main character and his lovely little family. Amazing!
As the book draws slowly to its conclusion -- and I emphasize the word "slowly," my impatience mounted. But then this whole family is held hostage and when the hostage situation ends, the main character, a neurosurgeon, ends up operating on one of the bad guys. Not bloody like, and the author does nothing to make this unlikely scenario more beli...more
