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magtferg 's review for:
Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan
I liked it a far bit more than the NPR reviewer I heard. The ending suggested the entire book was a love letter to Serena, but it undermined itself in its treatment of her -- it reads much more like the narrator is still miffed she lied. For all his belittling of novels with marriages, in the end, he seems to renege.
For the backdrop, the book made me want to read about secret opp funding of the creative arts. They seem to see the opportunity to construct their desired reality through writing but fall short of controlling invention successfully. I enjoyed Tom's stories with Serena, their questioning of reality and exploration of the darker impulses of humans. It went a long way to making Tom believable as someone who would forgive.
For the backdrop, the book made me want to read about secret opp funding of the creative arts. They seem to see the opportunity to construct their desired reality through writing but fall short of controlling invention successfully. I enjoyed Tom's stories with Serena, their questioning of reality and exploration of the darker impulses of humans. It went a long way to making Tom believable as someone who would forgive.