The one aspect of this particular book that I really enjoyed was the short stories within the story (one of the main characters is a writer). Ordinarily, I don’t like stories within stories (the last book I read that used this technique was Q by Evan Mandery and it let the novel down) but these stories are gripping! I’ll probably give The Children Act a go now.
Totally agree. I loved Atonement and have mixed feelings about his others. After Solar and then Amsterdam I was thinking I was done but this one was interesting. I’ll probably read The Children Act now.
I have a conflicted relationship with Ian McEwan. I’m never sure if I really enjoy his writing. Maybe I’ll give this a go, if it has won you back…
The one aspect of this particular book that I really enjoyed was the short stories within the story (one of the main characters is a writer). Ordinarily, I don’t like stories within stories (the last book I read that used this technique was Q by Evan Mandery and it let the novel down) but these stories are gripping! I’ll probably give The Children Act a go now.
I liked this one, but I find McEwan to be uneven.
Totally agree. I loved Atonement and have mixed feelings about his others. After Solar and then Amsterdam I was thinking I was done but this one was interesting. I’ll probably read The Children Act now.
I agree that Atonement is fantastic. I didn’t enjoy Amsterdam as well at all. Haven’t read Solar yet.
Give Solar a miss! There was one really funny and memorable scene but the rest was all self-indulgent-middle-class-men.
Thanks for the tip!
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