- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0224076752
- ISBN-13: 978-0224076753
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 381 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A lot more than just 24 hours, this one is great,
This review is from: Saturday (Hardcover)
SATURDAY is a remarkable novel. It grips you in its symbolism, and I did enjoy it as much as ATONEMENT. It gives us a story of great love, happiness and the misery that can be interjected into our lives. What we come to expect as just another day turns into an event that is quite unexpected with reverberating consequences. This novel follows 24 hours in the life of neurosurgeon Dr. Henry Perowne, as he wakes up very early one Saturday morning, not long after 9/11. Henry is a happily married family man, and we follow him along in his day as he plays squash with a physician friend, visits his elderly mother who is suffering from dementia, and gets involved in an incident of road rage which will come back to haunt him before the end of the day. I'll leave it there, for you need to read this wonderful book to find out what happens. Suffice it to say that SATURDAY "moves" along at a faster clip than ATONEMENT, but is every bit as good. Would also recommend the highly popular BARK OF THE DOGWOOD for another great read.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Unlikely and unlikeable,
By Symbianist (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Saturday (Hardcover)
Although well written, I found it hard to keep going with this book. There are numerous long descriptive sections (for example, pages and pages were taken up in describing a squash game) in which I lost interest. The high level of introspection was somewhat unconvincing. And the characters, apart from Baxter and Grammaticus, were dull and complacent. I found Perowne's children particularly unlikely and unlikeable.I was interested to read that the central character, Perowne, preferred William James to his "fussy brother" Henry, because the latter would "run round a thing a dozen different ways than call it by its name". This was much the way I found this book. Good editing could perhaps reduce it to a short story of some merit, but as a full length novel, it is weak.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bowled over.,
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This review is from: Saturday (Paperback)
Having been disappointed by Atonement, I expected little from this book. I was surprised to find myself enthralled from the first word. Although the book is quiet, there hangs a foreshadowed threat from the opening pages. McEwan is masterful in building Henry Perowne's character by following him through one Saturday in his life. The writing style is extraordinary; McEwan is a true wordsmith.
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