The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan :: English Literature

Review of The comfort of strangers by Ian McEwan==================================================This is a very enkindle oblige by McEwan as thoroughly as being quite anconfusing. The name the comfort of strangers fits the storylineperfectly.This is a very mysterious view as in which the two of the main charactersCaroline and Roger are slowly tighten the noose on the necks of theother two main characters bloody shame and Colin.I think the book fits into the mystery genre as far as the writing ofthe author goes and I found that some parts of the book reminded me ofEnduring Love. The way that that Colin and Mary blindly get problematicalwith Roger shows one of many weaknesses in the brisk. Rogers shadycharacter and his weird story about how his mother was very strict andhow his jealous sisters do him eat chocolate so that he would getinto trouble with his father along with other things should have keptMary and Colin away(predicate). Stories like this one, which guide the r eaderto suspend disbelief as the actors venture hike and further intothe abyss are extremely hard to pull off, so its non surprising thatMcEwan doesnt quite manage it. An author can get away with making hischaracters naive, barely at the point where the reader is yelling at themand calling them idiots for following along with the novels plot,that author has lost control of his confess narrative. A big complaintthat reviewers have had with this novel or preferably this short storyis that the author works around taboo issues inwardness he may talk aboutthem for a moment or two and then ignores them. Another problem whichlinks onto this is that many propagation the author builds up the story assomething really dramatic is difference to happen and then nothing out ofthe ordinary happens for example when Mary jumps in the water youwould think that one of them may drown but it turns out to besomething just ordinary. I think this has a ban effect on thereader as well as the conco mitant that sometimes the reader is left to fillin the gaps themselves when we are not given enough detail on thecharacters or the storyline. There is no real solution at the end ofthe novel. Another problem with the novel is how Mary and Colins sexlives suddenly become great over again after meeting Caroline and Roger.Another similar instance is when Roger punches Colin in the stomachfor NO reason. The setting of the novel, which is Venice, is notreally used well by