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A review by franciscapcneto
Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Me and Ian McEwan just cannot hit it off.
You make me never want to read Atonement, Ian.
If I hadn’t been reading this for college, I would have had dnfed the shit out of this right after the first chapter. Everything in the story seemed too bland, all the characters were staler than a week-old bread and if they had all turned out to be machines, I wouldn’t have been surprised.
Granted, the last chapters were more interesting - they were more eventful, vá - which made it less painful to pick the book up. And, considering the story dragged on at a pace that made me fall asleep 4 times (FOUR!) over the week it took me to read it, the end seemed way too rushed.
Cool thing it’s over tho.