This book was better than expected. First, I thought it would be another story about a woman who could achieve anything, is so intelligent and beautiful so that she would have lots of lovers and so on. Well, it was a little bit like this at the beginning and I didn't like it. But as I continued reading, it got my attention. When she was with Shirley and they got best friends and sat in the bar or when "Sweet Tooth" was introduced. I liked this. It got better during the middle. But the ending...well, it was good, but maybe a little bit over the top. I think Tom overreacted a little bit,but it was still ok.

I usually have some problems with understanding what is going on in a spy-story. I understood everything that happened in Sweet Tooth which actually should have made me enjoy the book. But it was too obvious for me who was the traitor and the end lacked McEwan's usual bite. Also, I didn't like that there were so many of Tom Haley's short stories told. They just took too much room.