{"id":4165,"date":"2020-06-23T01:03:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T01:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=4165"},"modified":"2020-06-23T01:03:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T01:03:32","slug":"enduring-love-by-ian-mcewan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/enduring-love-by-ian-mcewan\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>Enduring Love<\/b> by Ian McEwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6870.Enduring_Love\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1313656531l\/6870._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"Enduring Love\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6870.Enduring_Love\">Enduring Love<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2408.Ian_McEwan\">Ian McEwan<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/3406013209\">2 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book begins with two cracking good chapters. There&#8217;s a thrilling account of a horrific fatal accident involving a runaway balloon carrying a child. The pacing is good and writing elegant. You can put yourself in the position of the narrator (who is another in the trend of unreliable narrators). After that the story line takes a totally bizarre turn and devolves into pretentious drivel for the rest of the book. There is no ending to speak of; it just stops. I guess the average of 1 part 5-star and 4 parts 1-star is around 2 stars, so I&#8217;ll settle on that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enduring Love by Ian McEwan My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book begins with two cracking good chapters. There&#8217;s a thrilling account of a horrific fatal accident involving a runaway balloon carrying a child. The pacing is good and writing elegant. 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