Annette C. Boehm reviewed Sweet tooth by Ian McEwan
Review of 'Sweet tooth' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
That ending is really satisfying. :)
527 pages
English language
Published Jan. 27, 2013 by Windsor.
Sweet tooth
by Ian McEwan
4 stars
(7 reviews)
Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the intelligence services. The year is 1972. Serena, a compulsive reader of novels, is sent on a 'secret mission' which brings her into the literary world of Tom Haley, a promising young writer. First she loves his stories, then she begins to love the man. Can she maintain the fiction of her undercover life? And who is inventing whom? To answer these questions, Serena must abandon the first rule of espionage - trust no one.
Diana reviewed Sweet tooth by Ian McEwan
Review of 'Sweet tooth' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I fussed while reading this and almost stopped. A review said that it was the author's first female protagonist in awhile. I thought, "Obviously! This isn't how a woman thinks or feels, what motivates her. It's how men think she would think or feel, what motivates her." I stuck with it and by the end, I loved the book. It became compulsive and I recommend it.
Subjects
- Fiction
- History