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Black Dogs (Paperback)
by Ian McEwan (Author)
2.6 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews (12 customer reviews)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Engrossing exploration of the dark heart of the 20th Century, 11 Jul 2001
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This is less of a gripping page turner than some of McEwan's later books, and may suffer in comparison as a result. However, it rewards on other levels. As always in McEwan the characterisation is totally convincing, but it is the book's engagement with history that really compels. McEwan takes in war, revolution and the nature of evil, and the image of the black dogs haunted my imagination as it did the characters in the book. The scenes in Berlin as the wall comes down were also memorable, but more than anything I enjoyed this book because it made me think, and because it showed that the author himself had really grappled with the themes of the book without ever losing sight of the every day reality of being human.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The sadness of love, 1 May 2000
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This time McEwan holds the tension between the opposites though his characters cannot (he doesn't kill them off as in Amsterdam). Brilliant insights into what keeps us apart, the wall that doesn't come down between a man and wife, even when there is love. The dogs are terrifying. I was held throughout. It gave me hope, and energy. A wonderful book.
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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Unenjoyable and disappointing, 17 Sep 2001
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This was the 7th Ian McEwan book I have read - all of the others I have either loved or really liked. Enduring Love and Amsterdam are two of my favourite all-time novels. Black Dogs is the only one of his books I did not enjoy and actually disliked. Not only is there nothing to keep the story moving along, but the symbolism is absurdly obvious and the events implausible.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Having read Enduring Love, Atonement and Saturday I was expecting to be blown away once again by Ian McEwan.
I was glad when I had finished the book. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Bookaholic

2.0 out of 5 stars Unsatisfying and overly wordy
I usually like McEwan, even though he often enjoys using 250 words where 10 would have done. The fact that Black Dogs took forever and a day to get going didn't surprise me either... Read more
Published 5 months ago by daisyrock

1.0 out of 5 stars Were the critics reading the same book?
I was intrigued by the premise of exploring binary opposite views of the world and hoped this book would cleverly dissect them and the reasons behind these views, depolarising... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Babe In Toyland

1.0 out of 5 stars was i missing something?
I can't help thinking i was missing something whilst reading this book. I have read nearly all of McEwan's novels and have enjoyed each one but this book was very disapointing... Read more
Published on 4 April 2004 by joannebutterfield

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, But Not A Classic
I found Black Dogs to be a very enjoyable book. The character development was very good and I really enjoyed the preface, which could almost a novel in itself. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, enjoyable and well-written book
I thought that this was an excellent book. The contrast between June and Bernard (Intuition and Logic)was very well demonstrated. Read more
Published on 15 May 2000 by pookeymon1@aol.com

2.0 out of 5 stars dull
Although I thought the book was on the whole dull, I would just like to say what a great few passages there were concerning hitting children. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't believe the hype.
Ian McEwan is the best thing since sl