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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Aug 26, 2013
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My first Ian McEwan for BBI reading group. I haven't decided whether I liked his style or not. This book is too short for me to conclude my first impression on his works :) I love how he described in details the professions of the two main characters in this book, Vernon Halliday the veteran journalist and Clive Linley the famous classical composer. The gory details of being a reporter and the crazy process of being a genius composer - those are the masterpiece of this book. But the ending? Uhmm
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I loved this. Atonement is one of my favorite books of all time, and Amsterdam goes in much the same way with the subtle hints at irony, the heart-wrenching twist of events, the moral call to arms, and the tragic end.
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Phew - what a dark, dark book. Not quite what I had been expecting. McEwan usually shows some of the darker part of human nature, but there are usually redeeming parts - in other characters, and often in the flawed characters, too ("Saturday" comes to mind). Not so here. . . I need a beach book, fast!
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