On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Read for: Leisure
Rating: 3

I'm not going to lie, I was a bit bored by this. The story centers around a couple in the sixties (or maybe seventies ... I don't remember) on the first night of their honeymoon and goes between the man and the woman's perspective, as well as giving backstory on their lives. McEwan' writing is, as always, flawless. His ability to be compelling with words is probably what kept me reading for the entire novel.

The novel focuses more on the intricacies of two people from very different backgrounds interacting together than plot, so maybe that is why I found it boring. Based on the two other McEwan books that I have read, though, this seems to be his style. He likes to explore character development and let that be the exciting feature of the book. For some reason that technique seemed to fall flat in this book.