893 reviews for:

Miele

Ian McEwan

3.34 AVERAGE

durdahawk's review against another edition

2.0

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It was incredibly hard to "root" for any of the characters in this book. The end redeemed itself, but only just enough for me to give it two stars instead of one. This is not a book to read and stop now and then, but rather a book you have to commit to reading long segments at a time to keep the stamina alive.

ajreader's review against another edition

3.0

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Read my full thoughts over at Read.Write.Repeat.

While it's unfair to compare this work to Atonement, I simply cannot help it. Sweet Tooth is a good, if slow, read. I did enjoy it. Still, it lacked the same appeal for me that its predecessor held.

deeb's review against another edition

3.0

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Amazing ending. I read wanting to know what happened without being particularly enthralled with the writing.

a_r_e_l_i_c's review against another edition

2.0

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12 cigars & brandy
17 mildew
21 engine oil & friction heat
26 patchouli
34 perfume & cigarettes
—-ammonia-based cleaning fluid
63 clammy, intimate scent
—-sour, sooty smell
104 brass polish & lavender wax & old stone
110 canine scent of damp jeans & hair
178 pleasant & dusty soporific smell
215 whisky
229 Imperial Leather soap & church
259 peppermint

lalaexni19's review against another edition

4.0

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Good, kept my turning pages but not as mind boggling entertaining as Atonement

colorfulleo92's review against another edition

3.0

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Not sure if it's a 3 stars or a 3.5 stars. It's an interesting read, Ian McEwan can write. However I've not falled in love with his books since nutshell. This was a reread but didn't love it that much more this time. Feel like my hopes for liking his books are higher than my actual rating of his books

caitlin_89's review against another edition

4.0

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BRILLIANT. 4 stars because IDK. McEwan always makes me a little uncomfortable and a little bored, ok? And YET. I keep coming back for more. In Sweet Tooth, the story is enticing, and McEwan's classic genius insofar as ... metafiction, do we call it?... astounds me. Astounds. I loved this one, even if I did skip over some of the boring page-long descriptions of Cold War ins and outs. The ending more than made up for any hard feelings.

dr_oligo's review against another edition

3.0

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Thoroughly enjoyable but I have to agree with other reviewers that McEwen has written more absorbing stories. His writing is always enjoyable and this story is no exception. His capturing of the UK in 1972 is very strong and provides a terrific backdrop for the characters.
Very much looking forward to catching up on some of his other work.

emilyisreading2024's review against another edition

5.0

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I enjoyed Sweet Tooth more than Atonement. McEwan's writing is fantastic, as always, and Sweet Tooth is a pretty fun story. We feel a distance from the main character, Serena, but that's explained in the end. Even though there's another trick pulled on the reader, I liked this trick so much better than the one in Atonement. In Sweet Tooth, I saw it coming to some extent and it made sense within the overall context of the story.

ohpas's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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I can't decide if this book is genius or not. The entire time I was finding it painful and frustrating how much the main character felt like a female character written by a man - which was disappointing having read other female characters written by Ian McEwan and not had the problem.

And then the twist came at the end that she is indeed a female character written by a male character within the story and it all made sense...

But by that point I'd spent the entire book being frustrated by how unreal the main character felt so it wasn't an enjoyable read to get there. So like Ian McEwan knew what he was doing while writing this, but as a result of this choice I hated the experience of reading it 😅