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Atonement by Ian McEwan

26 reviews

anna_99l's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I firmly believe that 'Atonement' is only of the few cases where it is acceptable to say that you prefer either the movie or the book. However, this does not take away from McKewan's writing in the slightest. This is not a book for those that are looking for a fast paced novel - half of the novel takes place in one afternoon. Rather, the book is very character driven.

I find Atonement so compelling because it reminds me that no matter how sorry you are about a past wrong, oftentimes our desire to repent cannot be actualised. There are some wrongs that cannot be righted and we have to live with our own actions. This makes me appreciate the gravity of my actions more, although I don't think I would have every acted like Brioney regardless of whether I had read the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

maxiemumbo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Intense but utterly original; worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and War

pastry's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is a mostly solid read, some of the characters do wallow a bit much for my taste, and overall it's just a quite tragic taste. A bit slow for me, and I personally don't love it when

the book turns out to be written by one of the characters. That's just a bit cheap and overused by now, if you ask me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Cancer

tbookworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Genocide, Pedophilia, and Antisemitism

_cheshirecxt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Sexual content, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Dementia

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

phantasyia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Sexism, Violence, and Vomit