![]() Sweet Tooth fits the bill for me as a spy thriller with a literary premise. The pace speeds up once Serena meets Tom Haley, and I’m glad I persisted since this is when I started to be sucked in. I believe McEwan ran the danger of losing part of his audience throughout the first third of the book since it simply felt like something the reader had to get through in the hopes of better things to come. That is not to suggest that she didn’t give a flawless presentation of the book. The velvety voice of the narrator, Juliet Stevenson, certainly contributed to this atmosphere. ![]() The soporific attitude that quickly replaced the atmospheric tension of the introduction, however, was not the best for an audiobook I was listening to while stuck in rush hour traffic. I probably would have assumed that it had to do with turning down a drink. I didn’t use the word “totalitarianism,” and I hadn’t even heard of it. ![]() Her mysterious, contemplative story piqued my interest, and I liked the way she told it with dark humour and no pretence. With its moody introduction, Sweet Tooth got off to a terrific start, and I warmed up to Serena Frome, the protagonist, very fast. I had great expectations for Ian McEwan’s most recent book, Sweet Tooth, since it was the first of his that I got the chance to read. ![]()
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