What We Can Know, Ian McEwan

 

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

Started: April 11, 2026
Completed: April 17, 2026
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody
Media: Audio

Review:

I don't know what to say about this book.  It is well written.  It is composed of two very distinct parts told in two different voices.  They are (as one might expect) related.  The audio version surely helped.  I have to say, however, that the first part was not terribly compelling and I found the second part droll.  Yes, I said it.  I dunno why this is a book of the year.  It is complex and layered.  Maybe I just missed a bunch of stuff, so it gets the mild recommendation based on the quality of the writing which pulled it out of not recommended.  I will surely forget this book soon.