![]() Though he tries to help, his actions and the actions of other men involved result in loss of life, a burden he and Clarissa must carry forward from that day. Happily puttering through a childless marriage with Clarissa, Joe becomes a participant in a helium ballooning disaster. Joe Rose begins as a fairly bland narrator, despite the predicament McEwan thrusts upon him. It has compelling protagonists and antagonists who square off in an intense conflict of psychology and emotions. ![]() Enduring Love is an exemplary specimen of a story: it has a beginning, a middle, and an end. (This has particularly been the case after inhaling Karen Miller’s Godspeaker trilogy at my roommate’s behest before she gives the books away as a Christmas present.) It’s so nice to settle into a standalone novel, particularly one that is fairly conservative in its plot structure. ![]() I really do love the ghetto of genre fiction, but sometimes the overabundance of series of books can leave me in a state of semi-permanent sequel burnout. ![]() Ian McEwan is an author I’ve been meaning to read more but never really made a priority, so it’s nice to have a reason to jump him up in the queue. I picked this up because one of my A2 English Literature students has selected it for her coursework partner text, to accompany our class discussions of Hardy and Player One. ![]()
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