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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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this was my first book by Ian McEwan - he's been on the list for awhile. I found this book very readable, and I really enjoyed the development of the main characters. However, I didn't really buy the ending - it was an interesting plot and twist at the end but I thought it pushed the characters to far beyond the boundaries he created for them. Of note though - he describes the process of writing music (one of the main characters is a composer) very dynamically - I felt like I was in the guy's he
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It was clear from the beginning where this book was going. The writing was excellent, but the plot just didn't work for me. Rather than feel connected to the characters and interested in their twisting friendship, I felt like strangling them. As my husband put it, an excellent book for 9/10ths of the book. I definitely enjoyed On Chesil Beach, the only other of his books that I've read, more than this one. Nonetheless, I liked the writing in Amsterdam enough to want to read more of McEwan's book
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