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heartbreakingly good - Rated
I'm a huge Mcewan fan and this book was in no way a let down. Everything that makes Mcewan the amazing writer he is, is all here in this story.
As always its true to life, his insight into the human mind and how we react to the simpliest of situations is once again spot on.
I found the book thrilling from start to finish. Focusing mainly on the aprrehensions and private fears of a newlyweed couple on the wedding night. The book is frank, honest and very often it unearthed in me emotions and fears I didnt know I had.
Try it, amazing.
masterpiece eh? - Rated
Very far from being the masterpiece that the hype merchants have depicted. The style is brilliant but there's hardly anything at the centre. A clash of wills compounded by ignorance and innocence, blown up into a needless tragedy.
A good short story extended into a novel.
Brilliant, shocking story-telling - Rated
This is the most powerful short book I have read in a long time. The slow, relentless pace is magical. How McEwan keeps the reader on the right side of sympathy and comedy - in what is a very melodramatic situation - is equally amazing. This is all down to the detail and pace. The ending is heartbreaking, though I have still not figured out how to take it. I am not sure I buy in to their enduring love, but I was totally convinced of the progress of their early love. The twists and turns of Edward's pusuit of Florence and her self-deceiving route to the slaughter were magnificently handled. I am deeply sorry to say I would have understood if he had murdered her - and still wonder if it is a cautionary tale of women's liberation. Or of men's inablitity to come to terms with it?
Sensitively written, beautiful. - Rated
I found the depiction of the relationship between the two main characters Edward and Florence and McEwan's observation of their interaction beautifully observed. This is what made the book riveting. This story of an ill-fated honeymoon starts by filling us with hope which is gradually overtaken by a growing sense of apprehension as some of the differences in their backgrounds and characteristics begin to seem irreconcilable.
The ending is sad, and left me feeling a little dissatisfied but I think this is what was intended. The book is characterised by dashed hopes and a sense of disappointment and anticlimax. The reader simply becomes involved in this because there are no real answers at the end. I finished reading it in one evening and I really wish it had been longer. But in a way I'm also glad it wasn't.
I absolutely adored McEwan's Enduring Love, as well, I would highly recommend thisand I think that one of his main strengths as a writer is his sensitivity in adding detail and the poignancy he can evoke.
Beautifully told - Rated
This is an affecting description of misunderstandings between a naive young couple on their wedding night; told alternately from their parallel points of view leading the reader to feel sympathy for both. The story is set just before the supposed love revolution and will have resonances for older readers, but I think most people will empathize with the couple's anxieties. The writing is wonderfully fluent in evoking feelings and left me wishing that this short book had been longer. In the hardback edition the print is a good size and very clear with wider than average line-spacing -- a boon for reading in poor light. I would also recommend reading The Fates by Tino Georgiou, if you haven't already. A truly superb novel.
