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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Oct 31, 2014
Booktart
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4.5
My first Ian McEwan book and I will definitely be checking out more. This drew me in and I couldn't stop thinking about it; plus, its depiction of the legal world and how legal decisions are made and written appears accurate (at least in my experience). I found myself not really liking Fiona, especially as the book approached the end (without giving a spoiler alert). She seemed so detached from me, the reader, and removed from her emotions. Ultimately though I think that was McEwan's point -- ...more
My first Ian McEwan book and I will definitely be checking out more. This drew me in and I couldn't stop thinking about it; plus, its depiction of the legal world and how legal decisions are made and written appears accurate (at least in my experience). I found myself not really liking Fiona, especially as the book approached the end (without giving a spoiler alert). She seemed so detached from me, the reader, and removed from her emotions. Ultimately though I think that was McEwan's point -- ...more
I love Ian McEwan's writing. He takes characters who are as inscrutable as most of the people we know and opens them up so that we see what is heartbroken in them. He's also incredibly smart and reading his novels, I often learn about worlds...careers, places, events...that I know little about. In this case, the British court system, especially that part that deals with children. I so admire the way this book moved. I think he's a master of character very subtle and gradual revelation of what ma
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Dec 18, 2014
Judy
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Intense, powerful, thought-provoking.
Sep 17, 2014
Kris Springer
marked it as to-read
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