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'How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime.'I very rarely pick up a book if I've already seen the movie. Sure, there are likely to be differences but the experience is still spoiled for me. I had to make ...
The first six-sevenths of the book are a touch overwritten but good, emotional, interesting family and personal drama. The last seventh is interminable and frustrating.
I didn't like this book.I didn't like this book because(1) Am I the only one who figured it out just by reading the back?(2) I wanted the house to get bombed.I enjoyed Amsterdam; I just have trouble reading the book where I can't feel anything, even hate, for anyone.
I read Atonement two years ago and it still weighs on my memory. It ripped my heart out to the degree that I've been afraid of reading any more McEwan for fear of losing my reason. While not my "favorite" book, it gets five stars for its effortless combination of the beautiful and the sublime. If it...
I read the book. I read the discussion. I heard a lot of enthusiasm for thisbook.I didn't feel it.I thought it was a well written book, but it left me cold. I didn't reallycare whether I finished it or not.I will rate Atonement an 8.
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