I found this to be very slow and could not could into it. The plot never really picked up for me and so I found myself having to push through to finish it. If you’re okay with slow pacing and plots then maybe you’ll enjoy this, particularly if you like Ian McEwan’s other work, but this just wasn’t great for me.
The protagonist, Roland, was interesting enough to carry the story, however I found that the other characters throughout this novel would have been more interesting to read about for me personally.
Not necessarily my favourite, however I wouldn’t advise against it.
The audiobook narrator for this did a pretty good job, and added to the story in my opinion. However in the parts when the story switches to flashbacks, the narrator did not change his voice in any way and I found it to be a bit confusing on what timeline it was in at times. It was anything particularly special but it did the job and provided a good audio backing to listen along with.

I enjoyed the character development in the novel. Overall, I liked the writing, but found the political discussions/rants to be unnecessary.