Atonement
by Ian McEwan
Taste attributes: dramaromancewarhistoricalslowheavyrealisticemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeAn emotional novel that is grounded, weighty and slow-paced. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
Atonement is a 2001 British metafiction novel written by Ian McEwan. Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake, and a reflection on the nature of writing.
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- Ian McEwan
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 384
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