Book: Sweet Tooth Author: Ian McEwan Genre: Spy Thriller/Fiction/Romance Summary: Cambridge student Serena Frome's beauty and intelligence make her the ideal recruit for MI5. The year is 1972. The Cold War is far from over. England's legendary intelligence agency is determined to manipulate th...
On the one hand, the heroine's insights on the whys and hows of other people's actions felt empowering. Her ongoing evaluation of the ultimate reasons for about everyone's actions was quite formidable. On the other hand, her emotional rollercoaster felt incredibly weird. Are there really people who ...
This book was frustrating to read because it moved veeeeeeery slowly, but I was intrigued by the promise of, well, intrigue, so I powered through. Would have been a 2-star read but the ending delivered pretty delightfully.
Merry Christmas, Goodreads. With holiday carols filling the aisles of shops around the globe, I thought I would attempt that difficult but not quite impossible task of "maxing out" the Goodreads review--that is, reaching the character limit on a book review, and making, scout's honor, at most 10% bl...
** spoiler alert ** Oh, interesting. I never read books like this; I favor YA, which tend to be quick reads, familiar characters, lots of feelings and lots of passion, not a lot of introspection or self-examination, no lengthy descriptions of characters that only matter as background for the ones th...
So I have to start out by saying that I like Ian McEwan. I've only read Solar and Atonement, but I liked both and I think one of McEwan's strengths is in his misanthropic, narcissistic main characters. I love the way he makes the reader understand and empathize with sociopaths. Unfortunately, that...
Who knew espionage stories could be this dull?Of course that isn't the entire premise of the book, but the characters lacked any depth and I was bored to rears.Not one of his better books. Another literary tale preoccupied with name dropping and being well read. The pinnacle of tedium.
I usually have some problems with understanding what is going on in a spy-story. I understood everything that happened in Sweet Tooth which actually should have made me enjoy the book. But it was too obvious for me who was the traitor and the end lacked McEwan's usual bite. Also, I didn't like that ...
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