Justin Day’s Reviews > Saturday > Status Update

I’m still not sure what the story’s actually about—the plot seems to have wandered off while McEwan admires how clever his protagonist is. The man can turn a sentence, though, and that’s what’s keeping me turning pages.

It’s not terrible, just a bit too intrigued by the aroma of its own flatulence; most characters are pretty insufferable, and a few word choices and ideas haven’t aged well.