Atonement was a difficult book for me, to read and rate. There were some points I enjoyed it, but overall the experience was a bit of a let down. The book is told mostly from Briony’s perspective during the period of the Second World War in England. There are also sections a few years on from her ...
Book: Atonement Author: Ian McEwan Genre: Fiction/Family/Love/World War II/Forgiveness Summary: Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness combines all the satisfaction of a superb narrative with the provocation we have come to expect from this ma...
There are two competing novels here. One is driven by a character’s flaw and how it brought her to do a terrible thing. The other is a manipulative, Shawsank Redemption-like tale where the author takes a character who has it made and puts a lot of external troubles on it in order to make us sympathi...
Well, that was depressing. Is Ian McEwan the natural successor to [a: Thomas Hardy|15905|Thomas Hardy|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1429946281p2/15905.jpg]? I have to confess I knew nothing about Atonement except that the film adaptation came out a few years ago (if eight qualifies as a few). It ...
Oh my god, what a heartwrenching and BRILLIANT book. I don't even have enough words to say how much I loved this. The writing, the narrative—it was all perfect. And the ending. Dear god, the ending. Easily ranks in the top ten best books I've ever read.
Format: Hard Copy Narrated By: NA Original Publication Year: 2001 Genre(s): Literary Fiction Series: NA Awards: A few including the National Book Critics Circle and the L.A. Times Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Man Booker I’ve wanted to read a book by Ian McEwen for many years becau...
I found it difficult to connect to the characters on an emotional level...too much telling. The story itself remided me strongly of Evelyn Waugh, particularly A Handful of Dust, but without his wit or charm, and the reveal of a completely unreliable narator at the end of the story throws the entiret...
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