Not Just Desserts

Tunbridge Wells Book Club

Book Reviews - Saturday by Ian McEwan

A succesful book, which we felt crammed a lot of action into a very short time frame.

It was an interesting study of the male mind - compartmentalising mundane events (such as fish shopping and visiting aging parents) with extraordinary action (muggings) and moving smoothly between them.

We felt the ending was unbelievable and rather twee - the rest of the book was an unqualified success.