Genre: eventless. Stars from Goodreads: 3.56. Stars from me: 3.<\/p>\n
On Chesil Beach<\/em><\/a> is a beautifully written eventless novella where graphic sex scenes are an essential part of the story. The writing style reminds me of those old classics created at times when authors didn\u2019t care if they could interest the reader. They just immersed themselves in the process and those who were literate enough would read the result anyway. It\u2019s a high quality writing but you have to exercise self-control to drag yourself through it because nothing at all is happening.<\/p>\n On Chesil Beach<\/em> looks like a well prepared stage where action is about to take place. Then, suddenly, you hit the final page. All story could fit in 177 words<\/a>.<\/p>\n The book was selected for 2007 Booker Prize shortlist which caused a few scandals because it\u2019s not even a novel by size.<\/p>\n Another curious story happened when Ian McEwan mentioned that he kept two pebbles from Chesil beach while writing the book. It caused one more scandal. McEwan was threatened with a fine and had to apologise and return the pebbles back to the beach.<\/p>\n There\u2019s now a movie adaptation of the story released in May 2018. Judging by the trailer<\/a>, the characters look nothing like the ones described in the book. Unless the storyline was changed too I can\u2019t even imagine what there was to film at all.<\/p>\n