693 reviews for:

Saturday by Ian McEwan 4th (fourth) Edition [Paperback(2006)]

Ian McEwan

3.48 AVERAGE

michiet's review against another edition

3.0

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6.5/10

kai_crawford's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hausibeitom's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

latartaruga's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

msmoodyreader's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pvantees's review against another edition

4.5

reflective slow-paced

vcatterson's review against another edition

1.0

reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I found this book hard to get into. It’s very internal: it’s the main character’s thoughts and feelings as he goes through a single day (a Saturday) in 2003. I found many of his thoughts and preoccupations tedious, especially in the first 80 pages before anything starts to happen.

I liked the nostalgia of remembering the collective worries and thoughts in the UK in 2003 (eg the war in Iraq was just about to begin). But the main character is just a fairly boring guy with prosaic thoughts and lacking conviction in any specific course of action. This is very realistic, of course, but it doesn’t make for a gripping 300 pages.

danmsv's review against another edition

3.25

challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

gayleywayley's review against another edition

3.0

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This book was slow yet compelling. It follows the life of one man's Saturday and the troubles that befall him. There were parts that were boring with a lot of navel-gazing, but there was some unexpected action to balance things out.

elisakissa's review against another edition

4.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes