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sophieblunt 's review for:
Sweet Tooth
by Ian McEwan
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to give this book 2 stars or 4. Had the feelings of 4, 4 it got! Wow. Where do I begin?
I battled through the first 100 or so pages of Serena’s younger years. It was pretty mundane and boring. I even thought of giving up. I am a huge fan of McEwan’s work so I decided to battle on.
I’m glad that I did.
As things begin to fall apart for the leading lady my interest picked up.
McEwan is known for his whammy of last chapters in his novels and this one had left me feeling very different about the book in its entirety. I now understood why the first 100 pages felt slow and I sat there thinking ‘cor blimey, I knew something was coming, but I didn’t think it would be that’.
The last chapter will make this book memorable. I feel a great sense of shame that the McEwan magic only comes in the last 20 pages. Too little too late?
Maybe I should change my review back to a 2 star...nah, I’ll keep it at 4.
I guess this will be a book to divide people and to divide the thoughts inside one person!
I battled through the first 100 or so pages of Serena’s younger years. It was pretty mundane and boring. I even thought of giving up. I am a huge fan of McEwan’s work so I decided to battle on.
I’m glad that I did.
As things begin to fall apart for the leading lady my interest picked up.
McEwan is known for his whammy of last chapters in his novels and this one had left me feeling very different about the book in its entirety. I now understood why the first 100 pages felt slow and I sat there thinking ‘cor blimey, I knew something was coming, but I didn’t think it would be that’.
The last chapter will make this book memorable. I feel a great sense of shame that the McEwan magic only comes in the last 20 pages. Too little too late?
Maybe I should change my review back to a 2 star...nah, I’ll keep it at 4.
I guess this will be a book to divide people and to divide the thoughts inside one person!