Meetup Adelaide Inner South Book Club - July

Easy and quick to read, I enjoyed sections but wasn't as invested in the story as one would hope to be. I found the setting of the alternate history to be weird and slightly unnecessary. The characters development lacked depth and substance - I found little warmth within any of them. Overall, it felt like a pile of ideas merged together that fell quite short of working well together to produce a successful and imaginative narrative.

EDIT
After completing this, I listened to a handful of Podcasts in conversation with McEwan discussing this book (the B&N Podcast was great) which made me look at this story from a different angle and with a different perspective. Combined with a great conversation with the Meetup Book Club members about AI, ethics and morals in relation to this book, my opinion and initial reaction has definitely altered. Sometimes discussing with others makes you reevaluate your original response which is a wonderful thing to be able to open your mind to.