I have been trying to read Ian McEwan’s newest novel, “Sweet Tooth” for over two weeks. I finally reached page 100 and couldn’t remember important details of what I had read. I guess that was a sign that I should stop for now.
Set in England in the 1970s, it is the story of a young girl who loves literature but has a great gift for mathematics. At university, she majors in math but spends most of her time reading. After a love affair with one of her professors that ends badly, she moves to London and gets a job with MI-5. She is basically a clerk because women weren’t considered fit for “spy work.”
That’s about as far as I got. Has anyone else read “Sweet Tooth?” If so, should I picked it up again?