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“On Chesil Beach is a welcome, if morose, new creation from Ian McEwan. Where Saturday went from being a moment by moment masterpiece to a contrived mess, Chesil Beach has no room to devolve. In four scant chapters, McEwan manages to create the two leads, their families, and all the history that leads up to the moment when two young strangers are meant to consummate their marriage. McEwan writes frankly and believeably about sex from both male and female perspectives, and stages the story in a historical context that creates an added tension. Easy to read in a single sitting, Chesil Beach exists as a serious, pessimistic and realistic version of a Nicholas Sparks love scene for the lit crowd. ”
adamreck1 wrote this review Tuesday, August 19 2008.
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