Sherry's Reviews > The Sense of an Ending

When, on page 66, I came across the word "deliquescent" and didn't blink, I knew that this deep yet engaging little novel had drawn me in. I found myself nodding along with the author's short, elegantly worded observations, and cringing with some of the narrator's youthful choices. The book itself is a simple story of friendship and tragedy--naturally, there is a girl involved, and naturally, it's much more complicated than that--constructed around the themes of history and memory. It is well suited for those in middle age and beyond--worth reading, then reading again more slowly to appreciate its insights and its artfulness.