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I set down We Need to Talk About Kevin in order to read something a little lighter. Ha. Right. Saturday, McEwan’s previous novel, captivated me. McEwan took a close look at a single day in a man’s life. In On Chesil Beach, McEwan moves in even closer; he looks at a few hours in a couple’s life. Whew. Each move, each word spoken...and suddenly everything has shifted and changed. The alternating points of view, from husband to wife, hones in on the amazingly inaccurate interpretations each makes a
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A quite strange novel, very McEwanish, that takes a relationship and analyses it in great detail. It would have served me more if I would have read it when I was in highschool as I needed some hints on how relationships works. I was incapable of understanding anything out of what girls wanted and even more on how they behaved.
May 03, 2011
Carla
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