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Old 06-13-2011, 12:57 AM   #2
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I thought it was okay, but not great. I absolutely hated the upper-middle-class couple that the novel is about. I quite often enjoy flawed characters (ie. The Human Stain by Philip Roth), but I wouldn't have minded offing those two.

The story with the obsessed guy is also more motivated by McEwan's personal agenda than it is credible. It seems terribly one-sided. That particular character isn't developed very well at all. The thing is, he could have been the most interesting part of the novel if it had been done better.
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