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Author: Ian McEwan
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Dimension: 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds.

good but not great
i found this novel to be a bit disappointing. it is a good novel which is welcome - there are so many mediocre novels out there - however it does not soar the way that mcewan' previous novel atonement did for me. it just does not have the substance,... more

Loved each piece, not sure about the whole
The only other McEwan I've read is Atonement, and my feelings are similar.

I absolutely love McEwan's precise and beautiful language for describing minutiae. I loved the main character's ambivalence on the war, his ambivalence on his ambivalence,... more

Saturday Only Approaches Greatness
Initially, I thought Saturday would find a spot on my bookshelf next to Coetzee's Disgrace -- one of those novels that show you with an unwavering keen eye how culture constructs a man, and what lies underneath the construction.

McEwan's... more

24 hours
This is a thoughtful, intelligent exploration of a day-in-the- life of an uppercrust Englishman and his tightly wound world. I admire this author, but here, he does not do his best work. I preferred ATONEMENT, yet I can appreciate the thoroughness of... more

Day in the life...
This is an unusual novel and it is not easy to explain why it is so enjoyable. On the face of it not much happens. It is about one Saturday in the life of Henry Perowne, a renowned neurosurgeon. He wakes early and thinks he sees a terrorist act unfolding.... more

Astonishingly lovely Novel
Ian McEwan's "Saturday" is different from his other novels. What he has done is Saturday, which resembles Amsterdam in sardonically examining the interior life of the contemporary middle classes but departs starkly from the century-long focus of Atonement... more

Pretty darn good
From the author of Atonement, comes this great new read. Saturday is filled with drama (more so than Atonement) but the writing is still first rate. With its memorable characters and first-rate pacing and storytelling, McEwan has given the world yet another... more

All In A Day's Work
I won't go into much detail because most of the other reviewers have told you all about Saturday, February 23, 2003. A surgeon, who loves to listen to classical music while he operates. How seranading. A surgeon who has a wife with a superior IQ. ... more

A return to earlier themes
Ian McEwan is one of the most compelling writers around, and I picked up "Saturday" eagerly, in anticipation of a new, fresh, exciting experience. And at first I wasn't disappointed. McEwan writes some of the finest first chapters I've ever read anywhere.... more

Tedious, Superficial and Frightening
I am exploring best sellers and fear I will take some 'heat' for this review.

This novel is largely an internal monologue of a an incredible boring and superficial man. I including 'frightening' in my title to reflect the thought of his... more

From Dusk To Dawn-The Past, Present and Future
Saturday, February 15, 2003 a date that will resonate in many of our minds. The day the Iraq War began. Into this day, Henry Perowne, a neurosurgeon by trade, starts the day with a dream of an airplane crashing. He awakens with his wife, the love of his... more

Tedious read with an interesting ending
This book was a lot of work for me to get through. I know it has a lot of positive reviews, but it does not work for me. Much of it drags on to long, without any pay off. I think it could have been cut by a third. The book starts off good when a London... more

Flawed McEwan novel still worthy of 5 stars
Let me start out this review by saying that Ian McEwan is one of my favorite writers, and Atonement was one of my all time peak reading experiences.

Saying all that, I was somewhat disappointed in Saturday. Mind you, it's still a fantastic... more

A study of "the powerful currents...that alter fates."
In the middle of the night, Henry Perowne, a 48-year-old neurosurgeon, awakens for no apparent reason and sees what he thinks, at first, is a meteor, but the object brightens, moves faster, and comes streaking through the skies at low altitude-a plane... more

The challenge of the professional reductionist

This day in the life of a moral, conscientious man serves as a metaphor for the quality of a man's life, how unexpected violence may disrupt and injure, but not destroy. London neurosurgeon Henry Perowne sets out on his Saturday with a full... more

Thank God it's Saturday.
Hardly just a day in the life. Henry Perowne's lazy Saturday begins with a flaming plane tearing across the morning sky, and the day doesn't end until after a series of incredible events that culminate at a family reunion of powerful consequences. more

An average day out
"Saturday" deals with the minutiae of one day in the life of Henry Perowne, a neurosurgeon living in London. Or, rather, not so much the minutiae because this is no ordinary day, it starting with Henry observing an aircraft in distress over London in... more

A colossal achievement! Moving, gripping, enlightening!
The first great novel of and about the 21st century. Admittedly there are a few years left, but right now this is the front-runner for the Great Novel of these times. SATURDAY is so engaging, so beautifully written, with such charm and magnificent assurance,... more

Unlikely and unlikeable
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... more

Reaches New Heights
How fragile life is. In an astonishingly well written snapshot of life, "Atonement" author Ian McEwan creates a literary masterpiece with "Saturday." How easily happiness can be shattered. A work as definitive, stirring, and personally voiced as "Atonement",... more

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