Talk:Sweet Tooth (novel)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Malleus Fatuorum (talk · contribs) 18:11, 23 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

"McEwan wanted to write a novel dealing with the social turmoil of the period. At the same time, the story explores the relationship between artistic integrity and government propaganda ...". At the same time as what?

"... he did play a part as the host of a real-life literary event fictionalised in the book". Played a part in what?

Is there any hint as to the origin of the title?

Plot

The plot takes place in early-1970s England." The plot doesn't take place at all; the story is set in early 1970s England.

"Serena Frome ('rhymes with plume') ...". If that's a quotation, as it seems to be, then it needs to be cited.

"While at Cambridge, she gets romantically involved with the professor Tony Canning ...". Why the professor? Cambridge has more than just one.

Autobiographical elements

"Like Haley, McEwan studied at the University of Sussex". We were told that Haley worked at the University of Sussex, not that he studied there.

"There are, however, also significant differences between author and character. Haley is both an academic and a writer of fiction, while McEwan has been a professional author for his entire career. The intelligence agency plot is also completely fictional ...". There seems to be a bit of a run on there; what is the "also" relating to in "also completely fictional"? What other thing have we been told is completely fictional? The sequence starts off by introducing the idea of significant differences between author and character, which this doesn't seem in any sense to be.

Themes

" It was also a period of the Cold War ...". By saying "a period" you're implying that there were many such periods, of which this just one.

Genre and style

First of all, I hope you don't mind that I split your Themes section in this way, but it makes sense to me. If you feel strongly that I'm wrong then simply revert; it'll have no impact on the outcome of the review one way or the other.

Throughout this section Haley is referred to as Tom, but everywhere else in the article he's referred to as Haley.

I couldn't bring myself to close this review as a fail, so I've addressed all the significant points above myself. Malleus Fatuorum 13:22, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.