A review by jaclyncrupi
Nutshell by Ian McEwan

3.0

McEwan clearly felt like stretching his literary muscles and showing us what he can do. This book is very clever and is a modern re-telling of Hamlet of sorts: told from the perspective of the nine-month-old baby in utero. Very clever and quirky and some great Shakespearesque writing. But the book has no heart/soul/power and as much as I enjoyed it I won't be talking about it for years to come the way I do the opening chapter of Enduring Love or the final scenes of Atonement.