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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
Fuck yeah its like mrs dalloway if peter walsh got held at knifepoint
This started off painfully slow (really? 50 pages about a squash game?), but the pace picked up dramatically in the last 100 pages or so, ending with beautiful and profound reflections by the narrator. I liked the ending enough that I plan to seek out more novels by McEwan... but this may not have been the best one to start with. If I were a less dedicated bookie, I would have given up well before the halfway point.
An impressive one day narrative book. Verily reminded me of Mrs Dalloway, but modernised for the post 9-11 context.
Looking back some of it seems contrived (of course who wants to think it could happen to them) but at the time of reading it flowed really well. I loved the underlying sense of disconnect and attempts at understanding.
Zaterdag - Ian McEwan
Kan je een roman schrijven over één dag in het leven van één man?
Hij doet het met verve.
Zaterdag leest als een trein.
Perfect leesvoer ter ontspanning of op vakantie!
Ik nam het boek mee uit de kringwinkel voor geen geld, wat bleek? Er ontbraken zo'n 30 bladzijdes halverwege.
Een ontdekking bij m'n ontbijt die me zowat ontregelde voor de hele dag. Gelukkig kon ik snel een Engels exemplaar te pakken krijgen.
Dit verhaal kon ik niet zomaar halverwege loslaten.
PS het beste komt op het einde, wat een ontknoping
Kan je een roman schrijven over één dag in het leven van één man?
Hij doet het met verve.
Zaterdag leest als een trein.
Perfect leesvoer ter ontspanning of op vakantie!
Ik nam het boek mee uit de kringwinkel voor geen geld, wat bleek? Er ontbraken zo'n 30 bladzijdes halverwege.
Een ontdekking bij m'n ontbijt die me zowat ontregelde voor de hele dag. Gelukkig kon ik snel een Engels exemplaar te pakken krijgen.
Dit verhaal kon ik niet zomaar halverwege loslaten.
PS het beste komt op het einde, wat een ontknoping
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I’ve been meaning to read something by Ian McEwan for some time, so when I stumbled upon this in a secondhand shop I had to pick it up. And it did not disappoint. Saturday is loudly about a neurosurgeon’s Saturday (surprise!) and his personal and family relations, and quietly about illness, the Iraq war and the individual’s responsibilities.
McEwan’s lyricism and profoundness rounds of the book into a damn good read.
McEwan’s lyricism and profoundness rounds of the book into a damn good read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Listen. The Child in Time is one of my favorite books. It was so much a favorite that I binge-bought a bunch of Ian McEwan’s books. It was so good that I have been afraid to pick up another for fear no other book would live up to its memory. But I finally did, because I bought the books and I need to read them… How I wish I had picked up any other than this one.
As the title suggests, this book takes place on a Saturday in Henry Perowne’s life. I typically enjoy stream-of-consciousness stories, but not when the character is painfully dull and pompous. I feel like Ian McEwan should have just published a political essay at the time and called it a day. That’s the only oomph the story had, and it still wasn’t interesting. If you have an interest in the medical field, the talk of neurosurgery might be a draw, however, it wasn’t for me.
Boring took a turn to uncomfortable toward the end. To speak around the spoilers, it was a scene involving his daughter which Henry was present (along with the rest of the family), and the fact he made (inward) comments about his daughter’s body made my skin crawl. It’ll take a while to recover from that one.
I still have a bunch of Ian McEwan’s books to go through, but they’ll have to sit on the shelf a while longer.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical content, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident
Minor: Terminal illness, Torture
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes