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Oct 30, 2022lola2015_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It is perfect. All the most life retching events that occurred in a day.
Mar 06, 2019Crpalace68 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A lot of conceits in this book, but it is still quite good. I enjoyed it.
Nov 19, 2018beetlebaily rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Excellent book. Some readers may quibble with some portions of the plot, especially towards the end. But the book is filled with excellently crafted characters and beautiful descriptions of events and surroundings. He places them in a…
JeanHayley
May 17, 2018JeanHayley rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I loved this book! McEwan is a wonderful writer--I enjoy his sense of humour and his interest in everything. It's fascinating to consider how the most insignificant acts can have unintended consequences. I found Saturday to be…
Aug 07, 2016
Started to read. 40 pages - there is only one thing, more or less, that had happened - - the main character is waken in the middle of the night and put his night robe. Couldn't go further for reading. Too many "letters" for not too much…
Jan 19, 2015WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A London neurosurgeon who has everything going for him wakes up to a Saturday like no other, and realizes by the end of the day that he has crossed the bar into middle age.
Dec 12, 2014ktallent rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I've been binge reading McEwan this fall. While doing so I've discovered a bit of a pattern in his novels. Successful rationalist professionals, central London, outside agitators (Baxter in Saturday) (Jed Perry in Enduring Love) and heart…
Apr 21, 2014Cecilturtle rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is another outstanding novel by McEwan. In just a few swift strikes, taking mundane and severe events, the author is able to show us the complex roles a man can have, as he stands alone, in a family, in a social and professional…
Dec 18, 2013lukasevansherman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Ian McEwan and Julian Barnes will probably have to duke it out for greatest living British author (suck it Amis). They both seem like pretty modest guys who write @ a steady pace and produced a high quality of work rather than one big…
Sep 26, 2013stewh rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Short compelling novel. Very personal feel, very wide perspective. I enjoyed it a lot.
Feb 19, 2013
As successful, happily married neurosurgeon Henry Perowne negotiates his way through the crowds protesting the invasion of Iraq (he's on his way to a squash game), he gets drawn into a confrontation with Baxter, a small-time thug, whom he…
Sep 15, 2012joelibrarybook rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A fast read. rather wordy for a novel that has a short time frame. I guess the prose was descriptive but I kept finding myself doing lots of skimming over the surface.
Mar 10, 2011jalyth rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I couldn't finish this book. I was that bored by it.
LMOH
Sep 19, 2009LMOH rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Like James Joyce's Ulysses, Saturday is the story of one day in the life of an average man. It begins when he sees a plane on fire flying through the sky in the middle of the night. Set in post-9/11 London, that's a significant event. …
Jul 17, 2009lms rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Most of the people in my book club didn't like this book. I guess because I come from a medical career and worked in neurology - I loved it. Made perfect sense to me!
Nov 09, 2007pod rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I enjoy most of McEwan's books. They read like those Dutch Master still-lifes: beautiful, but corrupt. Saturday though was a real disappointment. In a departure from his exploration of attractive, but ultimately rotten characters, McEwan…
Aug 27, 2006
A stunning one day in the life of a London neurosurgeon, but it is not about his medical practice. Henry Perowne has a leisurely day planned, ending with his family gathering around the dinner table for talk and reunion. But starting with…