The Sense of an Ending

from lit_chick

The Sense of an Ending is a meditation on time, the manner in which it "holds us and mould us," reshaping the events of our lives with its passing. Narrator Tony Webster, now retired, looks back over the story of his life, beginning with high school. He relates the story of three close friends, a...

from RickGeissal

What a terrific (small) book! I like his writing very much, and the story & characters fascinated me. It is unusual, largely the protagonist's reflection on some of his actions with others in the long past & reflecting some of his present actions with some of the same people, 40 years later. It i...

from Cariola

I'm not sure that I would have admired this book quite so much had I read it several decades ago. But I'm now of an age where I'm thinking a lot about the past and about what I want to do with the years that I have left, so The Sense of an Ending really hit home with me. The novel is written in t...

from lauralkeet

Now in his 60s, Tony Webster is retired, divorced, and taking stock of his life. He begins by recounting his youth and young adulthood, and his social circle, which revolved around Adrian, the aloof ringleader. These relationships falter on leaving school, and when Adrian begins dating Tony's for...

from brenzi

This unobtrusive little book packs quite a punch. You may be reading along thinking to yourself, "Yes, this is a nice little read. Not too much happening so this could get boring." Then "bam!" The tension builds and builds while you are furiously turning pages, until the last page is turned and y...