Enduring Love vs The Memorial: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Enduring Love Enduring Love Ian McEwan · 1984 ★★★★☆ 3.6 251 pages · ≈ 4 h 39 m · Moderate

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREI cannot remember the last time I read a novel so beautifully written or utterly compelling from the very first page' Bill Bryson, -Sunday TimesOne windy spring day in the Chilterns, Joe Rose's…

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Cover of The Memorial The Memorial Christopher Isherwood · 1932 ★★★☆☆ 3.4 294 pages · ≈ 5 h 27 m · Challenging

The Memorial is a 1932 English novel by author Christopher Isherwood. The novel tells the story of an English family's disintegration in the days following World War I. Isherwood's second published novel, this is the…

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Enduring LoveThe Memorial
Goodreads 3.6 (49048) 3.4 (455)
Hardcover 3.3 (70) 4.0 (2)
Apple Books 3.5 (70) —

Reception

Enduring LoveThe Memorial
Ratings 49048 455
Editions 26 22
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 1643
Reading it now — 22
Written reviews — 56
Wikipedia attention 2102 119
Pages 251 294

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