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Lessons
by Ian McEwan
I’ve read several other novels by this author and always forget quite how much he manages to affect me emotionally with every novel .Thos book is no exception I was deeply moved and tearful finding some sections on the book made me feel quite depressed.The author has a way of making you reflect on your own mortality and failings as you are engrossed in the story of similarly flawed people
He deals with the background story of what ultimately is child sexual abuse in a sensitive nuanced way that leaves the reader able to identify with both abuser and abused
I loved the way that the novel was able to show time by using actual news events I’d not seen this done quite so effectively before
The author switches focus from the dull mundane episodes of normal life to the giant world shattering events such as the Cold War and Chernobyl
I particularly loved the line “he wasted too much time envying his youth “ we all do this I had the immediate sense of deeply understanding this
I would recommend this book to lovers of the literary novel,this is a novel I might expect to see on the Mann Booker long list
I read an early copy of this book on NetGalley Uk the book is published by Random House Uk Vintage on 13th September 2022
He deals with the background story of what ultimately is child sexual abuse in a sensitive nuanced way that leaves the reader able to identify with both abuser and abused
I loved the way that the novel was able to show time by using actual news events I’d not seen this done quite so effectively before
The author switches focus from the dull mundane episodes of normal life to the giant world shattering events such as the Cold War and Chernobyl
I particularly loved the line “he wasted too much time envying his youth “ we all do this I had the immediate sense of deeply understanding this
I would recommend this book to lovers of the literary novel,this is a novel I might expect to see on the Mann Booker long list
I read an early copy of this book on NetGalley Uk the book is published by Random House Uk Vintage on 13th September 2022