Saturday

A escrita é encantadora como sempre, e alguns momentos são sublimes - mas não tive como me apegar ao bom mocismo de família privilegiava pretensamente brilhante. Ainda assim a relação entre os personagens, em particular a relação pai e filha me seduziu até... não acontecer em troca de um acontecimento sem qualquer interesse. Me parece incrível o como ele se dedica a profissões e paixões de forma verdadeira mas sofri para atravessar os detalhes da sala de cirurgia. Não vou desistir ainda, essa escrita houve de dar em algo brilhante.

3-3.5 (rewrote this a little bc my english was trash the first time ‘round)

okay, so. this book wasn't boring, but it really wasn't very fast-paced either. the book is set to play out in 24 hours, so i knew going in that it was likely going to be lots of contemplation and Thoughts. i like getting into character's heads, and maybe this is where the whole i'm an eighteen-year-old girl and this is about a fifty-year-old guy comes into play again, because while i really didn't mind being in perowne's head all the time i was also wishing i could get a bit of distance from his old man thoughts after 20 pages.

in general, my thoughts about henry perowne ranged from dude really? to just don't care one single bit to sort of an okay guy throughout the book (not specifically in that order). he thought his kids were great and supported them and so did i so we bonded over that.

the way the last 60(?) pages were handled saved this book imo. it didn't get trope-y, which is what i was sort of afraid of. well done book.

all in all not my fav but also no Disgrace so that's always a plus.

TINY SPOILER but that moment??? when he suddenly becomes sherlock holmes and in literally a split second deduces that this guy that's about to punch him in the freaking face has huntington's disease? .... right.

OK

Saturday describes one day in the life of a neurosurgeon. Personally, I found Atonement more compelling and interesting, but then about 200 pages into the book, we learn what really happened that Saturday. It explores ethical issues, and issues about personal decisions and the ramifications of some of our decisions.

If I'm comparing it to Atonement (And I am) It doesn't come close. Well written. Great descriptions. Really able to see places and events but just to slow for me. If you are going to read an Ian McEwan book Read Atonement.