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Tag: Ian McEwan

‘Tis the season of DNF

On December 18, 2021December 18, 2021 By bookskepticIn Reviews, Thoughts4 Comments

It’s really rare that I do not finish a book. Unlike in my daily life, I seem to have an infinite amount of patience for bad writing. This is terrible because I must have wasted hours on books that I did not enjoy, just because of my sheer stubbornness to finish what I’ve started. But …

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The Best Saturday Surprise Ever

On February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 By bookskepticIn Thoughts2 Comments

Times are a bit doomy and gloomy, and continental Europe is still in deep winter chill, but there is no denying that in the UK the spring is coming. Saturday was a lovely and warm day in London, and with hiacynth's smell in the air everything suddenly felt a lot more hopeful. Do you know …

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Machines Like Me – Ian McEwan

On April 22, 2020April 19, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews4 Comments

I generally like books by Ian McEwan, so far I read a few, you can find links to reviews at the bottom of this post (yes, I am trying to convince you to keep reading). I've had some mixed thoughts on some fo them, but I think this one annoyed me the most so far. …

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Q1 2020 round-up

On April 1, 2020June 20, 2020 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

The first quarter of 2020 finished. The new decade has begun with a real bang. By now I think we've all had a chance to experience the lockdown and some of us maybe even got used to it. I hope you are all safe and sound. It still surprises me how much the world can …

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Nutshell – Ian McEwan

On December 18, 2017March 28, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

Ingenious is the first that comes to my mind when I think of this book. Of course mainly due to McEwan's decision on the identity of the narrator. The book is narrated by a foetus. Trudy, the mother, has betrayed her husband and the baby's father and together with her lover plots to kill him. …

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November round-up

On December 2, 2017December 27, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts2 Comments

November was a weird month. I read a lot more than in October, mostly to escape what was happening in my family, for the first time in a while I actually consciously searched for an escape in books. As always reliable friends they helped me, even if my reading was less patient than usually and …

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Spectacular fall on the home stretch

On November 9, 2017October 27, 2018 By bookskepticIn Thoughts10 Comments

I wrote few weeks ago how I finally caught up with all the reviews, that is now officially in the past, I am three books behind again and surely soon it will be four. This however is a common state of affairs, one may even say it was highly unusual to be caught up with …

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Amsterdam – Ian McEwan

On January 7, 2017December 31, 2016 By bookskepticIn Reviews7 Comments

The novel starts with a funeral of Molly Lane. Clive and Vernon, her former lovers, meet and chat about her husband George and another one of her lovers a right-wing Foreign Secretary Julian Garmony, who is about to challenge party leadership and become a prime minister. Clive and Vernon despise both the controlling and possessive …

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Best and worst books of 2016

On December 21, 2016December 18, 2016 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

Towards the end of the year, just like everyone and their dog I decided to look back at what I read this year. What I liked, what didn't go that well, the treasures I was happy to find. Here's my subjective list ob the best and the worst. 7 besties in random order: We Have …

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November round-up

On December 3, 2016January 14, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts3 Comments

It seems that like all months this year November just raced by, maybe it's for the best less time for thinking about the sorry state of world affairs...Reading-wise it was not a bad month, but it was actually only saved on Monday when I read two books in one day, that does not happen to …

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