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Atonement - Ian McEwan

 
Description: ISBN 0224085379 / Author: Ian McEwan / Genre: Fiction / A story that begins with three young people in the garden of a country house on ... more
Atonement - Ian McEwan ... the hottest day of 1935, and ends with three profoundly changed lives. A depiction of love and war, class, childhood and England, that explores shame and forgiveness, atonement and the possibility of absolution.

Newest Review: ... them forever. It's difficult to go into the plot too much, because there's a pretty big plot twist. I really struggled with ... more

 ... the first half of this book, it's very descriptive and I like plots and dialogue. It need plod a little. In actual fact, I did give up on it, before picking it up again. I read it a few years ago, before the film came out so had no idea of any plot twists, but upon picking it up agian, found the second half to be absolutely brilliant. The plot twist is certainly not something I saw coming, it's pretty emotive and the wartime descriptions of battles in France are very affecting. It's a novel that you certainly think ab...more

sonic0209
Premium Review Atonement - Ian McEwan: Much more than just a love story (1106 words)
by - written on 05/02/08 (Very useful, 224 readings)
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~~~Prelude~~~ I finished reading 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan at around 1.30 in the morning, because I simply could not put it down before I'd got to the end. After a slow, but steady, start the novel jolts you into places you are not expecting (unless you've seen the film or read the reviews, which I hadn't) and draws you into the characters to such a degree that you have to know how it all ends. ~~~Intro to the Book/Synopsis~~~ 'Atonement' has been described as a 'literary novel', which I take to mean both that it contains references to famous literary works (which is something only the very well-read will get something out of), but also that it uses ...  Read the complete review

ickkate
Crowned Review Nearly Great (1158 words)
by - written on 10/09/04 (Very useful, 2197 readings)
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?Atonement ? the act of atoning; expiation; reparations; reconciliation?* ?Atonement? is Ian McEwan?s critically acclaimed eighth novel which was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 2001. Many critics have said that it is far superior to his Booker winning ?Amsterdam?, but as I haven?t read any of McEwan?s previous work I can?t comment. The only reason I came to read this book was due to favourable review on this website, and on the whole I would also be left recommending this book ? only one real criticism holds me back. The events of the book take place over a small number of significant days in 1935, 1940 and 1999 with their significance ...  Read the complete review

chris105
Crowned Review Atonement - Ian McEwan: Can't a girl make a mistake? (1067 words)
by - written on 29/03/02 (Very useful, 2141 readings)
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What can one say about Ian McEwan that won't be cliched or, worse, seen as Jill-bashing? We can roll out cliches till the sheep come home (or was it the cows? Englishmen and -women, please come to my rescue... enlighten me!): "McEwan one either loves or hates"; "McEwan's writing is lush, metaphoric"; "McEwan's cruel streak shines again"... Yet cliches, as I so love to repeat in my every other op - and as adapted from Kurt Andersen's novel 'Turn of the Century' (which reminds me, I should write an op on that excellent book one day) -, very often are true. That is why they become cliches. And truly, truly, ...  Read the complete review

Mauri
Crowned Review Forgive Me, Please! (1637 words)
by - written on 08/04/03 (Very useful, 755 readings)
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The terms masterpiece, classic, work of genius are so overused these days that they have become little more than anther tool in the armoury of the publisher’s PR department. We simply can’t tell what the long term effect of a book will be, whether it will still be important decades or centuries from now. Bearing this in mind if I had to make a guess then I think ‘Atonement’ stands a very good chance of passing the test of time and becoming worthy of being classified as a classic for the new millennium. THE STORY Briony Tallis is a young girl on the threshold of becoming a teenager. Three distinct parts of her life are ...  Read the complete review

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Premium Review Atonement - Ian McEwan: Reading this was no Atonement : ) (503 words)
by - written on 22/05/09 (Very useful, 12 readings)
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After reading Ian McEwan's 'Saturday', I felt that he possibly wan't an aurthor that I would read much more of, not that 'Saturday' wasn't a good book, but it just wasn't my preferred genre. However, I gave him another chance, and I was pleased because Atonement is an absolutely fantastic novel! In fact, I was amazed at how versatile McEwan is as an aurthor to be able to adapt his style from the narration of a middle aged male doctor in the year 2003, Henry Perowne, to that of young women and men in the 1930s. Atonement is split into three parts within which focus shifts between the perspectives of the three central characters; Briony Tallis, the eleven year ...  Read the complete review

 

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