Sweet Tooth
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781410454416 (141045441X)
Publish date: December 5th 2012
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 527
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage
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.
Wow! McEvan versteht es wirklich meisterlich, ein überraschendes Finale zu gestalten. Nie wäre ich auf dieses Ende gekommen. Auch die Geschichte seines Romans Honig lässt keine Wünsche offen, eine Agentenstory aus der Zeit der Ölkrise und Streiks, aber keine Räuberpistole ala Fleming oder Harris, so...
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...
11 years ago
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