Reviews

Solar by Ian McEwan

daveed_reads's review

funny informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

kiso's review

funny informative medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

willbefunorelse's review against another edition

1.0

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dustysummers's review against another edition

3.0

"There was an Old Testament ring to the forewarnings, an air of plague-of-boils and deluge-of-frogs, that suggested a deep and constant inclination, enacted over the centuries, to believe that one was always living at the end of days, they ones own demise was urgently bound up with the end of the world, and therefore made more sense, or was just a little less relevant."

teresaalice's review against another edition

3.0

Not his best, and I certainly never needed to know that much about physics.

nyom7's review against another edition

2.0

Whilst the writing itself is good the story is not. There is no resolution, no redeeming feature to really any of the characters in the novel and frankly if I could claim back the hours I spent reading it I would.

sadads's review

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

bentrevett's review against another edition

4.0

i don't know why people on goodreads hate this book, it's hilarious.

uisge_beatha's review

funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

gabiloue's review

reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0