Swetha's review
The Cement Garden
by Ian McEwan
Swetha's review
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
Swetha's review
rating:
A dark novella which is narrated by one of the characters in the book. A story of four orphaned children who at the brink of their adulthood struggle to find their feet in the world. Enduring turmoil at various depths, they resort to gain solace in their own queer ways. Resorting to regression of various aspects, the book tends to bring forth the frightening web of psychological spins that takes the reader through a flurry of emotions of amazement and horror. Just like the cement, the secrets which are hidden beneath fiercely slowly begin to show through its cracks that gives one to peer into the seepage of deep dark secrets and the grey shades. A disappointing read that leaves one with a sick feeling.
