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A review by miguelafonso_serra
Saturday by Ian McEwan
3.0
The books portrays the post-9/11 society, with all the paranoia and security problems involved.
The main character, Henry Perowne, is a well suceeded man who has the obsession to control everything in his whole life and the reader follows him in one particular day. By the beggining of the novel, he has everything figured out: the things he has to do in that day and the exact amout of time he has to waste in those particular tasks, but as the day goes by he understands he can't take control of everything and sometimes the unpredictable can - and does - happen.
It's not a difficult reading, there are some good points McEwan brings up, but I don't think it will somehow turn into a classic. If you are interested in the post-9/11 society and you like literature, I'll definetly recommend the book, otherwise I think you should read something else.
The main character, Henry Perowne, is a well suceeded man who has the obsession to control everything in his whole life and the reader follows him in one particular day. By the beggining of the novel, he has everything figured out: the things he has to do in that day and the exact amout of time he has to waste in those particular tasks, but as the day goes by he understands he can't take control of everything and sometimes the unpredictable can - and does - happen.
It's not a difficult reading, there are some good points McEwan brings up, but I don't think it will somehow turn into a classic. If you are interested in the post-9/11 society and you like literature, I'll definetly recommend the book, otherwise I think you should read something else.