Ian McEwan, Saturday Reviews

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Good Points: The construction of this book, built on the events of a single day, is astounding. The ease with which the author inserts reflections on the past and speculations about the future into a continuum of the present is breathtaking. As are the scenes from the neurosurgeon's operating theatre. You feel yourself inside someone else's mind, sometimes literally.

Bad Points: Its only weakness is an occasional lack of credibility in the character, Baxter. But it is a very minor criticism.

General comments: I have been reading Ian MsEwan's work for many years and I feel that this is his greatest achievement to date. I can thoroughly recommend the book.

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The dry writing style makes it initially hard to empathise with the characters and their plight. Once used to the style and slow pace the story turns out to be gripping and meaningful. The use of words is excellent. Ian McEwan is an accomplished writer, and Saturday can be enjoyed for its literary accomplishment alone. The plot unfolds with chilling certainty and dread. The characters are gradually exposed, and the emotional distance within the family is well illustrated. There is a richness wit ...

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McKewan is a serious literary novelist, of course, and he is creating art rather than telling stories. "Saturday" certainly has a plot which twists and suprises but the joy is in the writing, 'in the detail' as one of his characters says about another literary giant. I am strictly an amateur at literary criticism but much of his prose read to me like an extended poem. It's a book that has to be slowly savoured line by line. To read it at a pace would be like running around an art gallery and ...