Comments on: Atonement – Ian McEwan

By: Review: On Chesil Beach

Review: On Chesil Beach — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:24:43 +0000

[...] care for it. I liked Atonement only marginally better. I read On Chesil Beach because it was short and I could use it for the [...]

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1morechapter.com » Blog Archive » A-Z Author Challenge Completed! — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:19:57 +0000

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By: Reading Across Borders Challenge « 3m@3am

Reading Across Borders Challenge « 3m@3am — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:33:38 +0000

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By: John Self

John Self — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:11:00 +0000

This is widely regarded as McEwan's best, so if you didn't like it much then I wouldn't expect you to get much joy from his others. If your comments on Roth's Everyman indicated a distaste for sexual descriptions in fiction, then avoid McEwan's The Cement Garden, On Chesil Beach, The Comfort of Strangers and First Love, Last Rites.

Re the comments some have made about not liking the characters: I have never thought this to be an essential component of enjoying a book. Is it well written? is about the only question which matters to me. I think McEwan's books generally very well written.

By: jenclair

jenclair — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 04:46:00 +0000

I was so disappointed with this book. I didn’t like any of the characters and nitpicked all the way through.

By: Framed

Framed — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:29:00 +0000

I had this on list as well as Saturday and took Saturday off. It does sound long and dreary.

By: Nyssaneala

Nyssaneala — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:03:00 +0000

Hey, saw your post over at the Yahoo TBR Challenge. I read Atonement last year, and pretty much had the same impression you had. I really did not like Briony.

By: Les

Les — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:22:00 +0000

I’m sorry you were disappointed with this book. It was one of my favorites (made my Top Ten) several years ago. But I know a lot of my friends didn’t care for it either, including my husband (who didn’t even bother reading the whole thing). If you want to try another by McEwan, I recommend Saturday.