A review by diana_eveline
First Love, Last Rites by Ian McEwan
3.0
Though not nearly as good as Atonement or Enduring Love, I did enjoy this collection of short stories. Some of them are more on the surrealism-side of his writing, some downright revolting (the story of the quarreling couple and the one about the siblings that get too close) but this more raw type of writing makes perfect sense, considering this was his writing debut.
The story I liked best was the last one, where the boy is made to dress up by his mother. There are some interesting underlying tensions in that story that come out in both the children's interactions as with the adults. I do prefer his longer stories/novels because he does such a wonderful job with character development, which was lacking a bit here. Understandable, considering they are short stories.
The story I liked best was the last one, where the boy is made to dress up by his mother. There are some interesting underlying tensions in that story that come out in both the children's interactions as with the adults. I do prefer his longer stories/novels because he does such a wonderful job with character development, which was lacking a bit here. Understandable, considering they are short stories.