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I loved this book. I know a lot of people walk around sporting huge book boners for Ian McEwan and after my first McEwan novel (Saturday) I didn't get it, because that one was a bit lame in my opinion. Of course after I read it, I had about a million people tell me that it was a bad one to start with, but what can you do? The point being I wasn't expecting to be completely bowled over by this one, but I was.
It started off a little slow but for the past couple days I've had a hard time putting t ...more
It started off a little slow but for the past couple days I've had a hard time putting t ...more
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Beautifully written, but such a bummer I had to quit reading about halfway through. I skimmed through the middle part (war scenes) and read closely the last 70 or so pages.
The characters are vivid and the story really draws you in --the book received loads of critical acclaim and rightly so. A good choice if you don't mind a liberal dose of betrayal, guilt, and heartbreak. ...more
The characters are vivid and the story really draws you in --the book received loads of critical acclaim and rightly so. A good choice if you don't mind a liberal dose of betrayal, guilt, and heartbreak. ...more
Mar 27, 2008
Rae
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I rather enjoyed this psychological suspense novel. A domestic crisis becomes a crime story and changes the lives of a middle class family in 1935 England. The ramifications go clear into World War Two. I enjoyed the narrative and would definitely consider reading another novel by McEwan. Just a bit of language and smut.
This book reminds me a lot of Jane Austen...and her romantic style. I enjoyed seeing the story from the various different points of view...and seeing how each person interpreted the scene.
I liked it, but felt that his prose was a bit difficult to trudge through and the end was terribly predictable.
Dec 21, 2007
Amy
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did not like it
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Mar 03, 2008
Jenn
marked it as to-read
Apr 25, 2008
Alison Schmidt
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Meredith
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