by Ian McEwan
Yes, I read this in anticipation of the upcoming film version. I was actually going to wait until after I’d seen the film, but a friend warned me that a major part of the book is the way it’s told, and knowing the plot beforehand would ruin some of that. Folks, SHE WAS [...]
Okay, I don’t even know what made this book so good, but it was. I think having had the Harlem Renaissance class last year helped, since it’s all from the perspective of a much-abused black woman, from the age of fourteen on. It’s epistolary, which is interesting in and of itself; epistolary novels were really [...]
Overall, the book had a lot of good things in it, but it was top-heavy.
The story follows a man, Henry, who time-travels without any control of it to different times and places, usually within his own lifespan, but not always. Mostly it concerns Henry’s relationship with his wife Claire.
