Alison's review
On Chesil Beach
by Ian McEwan
your review makes me want to read this...
Yeah...I THINK you'd like it. Difficult to say. It worked for me.
Alison's review
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Alison's review
rating:
bookshelves:
contemporaryfiction
recommended for: Ian McEwanites, fans of historical fiction
This was great. I'm torn on giving it five stars or no...it was just so short. Five stars to me is like, "masterpiece" material....but I've broken that rule before...anyway,
This is the story of a couple on their wedding night. This tale basically illustrates what brings people to a certain point in their lives. Each moment that we live is a culmination of factors that have influenced us from our family life, our social class, our place in history, our religious upbringing or lack of it. The way we dress, our interests, our passions...put them altogether and they are "us" and define each moment and each choice that we make. Sometimes we make good choices, sometimes we don't. Sometimes it's impossible to know in the moment exactly what we want or need (especially when we make so many important choices at the BEGINNNG of our lives, as youth) and only after years of reflection can we see the way the road forked, and how the path that we took defined us, and shape...more
This is the story of a couple on their wedding night. This tale basically illustrates what brings people to a certain point in their lives. Each moment that we live is a culmination of factors that have influenced us from our family life, our social class, our place in history, our religious upbringing or lack of it. The way we dress, our interests, our passions...put them altogether and they are "us" and define each moment and each choice that we make. Sometimes we make good choices, sometimes we don't. Sometimes it's impossible to know in the moment exactly what we want or need (especially when we make so many important choices at the BEGINNNG of our lives, as youth) and only after years of reflection can we see the way the road forked, and how the path that we took defined us, and shape...more
your review makes me want to read this...
Yeah...I THINK you'd like it. Difficult to say. It worked for me.