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Atonement by Ian McEwan
3.0

There were a lot of things that bothered me about this book. In a word, self-indulgence. Now I can't tell if that's the author's style throughout his novels in which case my distaste would feel justified or if he imposed it on this novel and it's protagonist in particular, in which case it would be equally uncomfortable but intentional and therefore impressive. I was also a little horrified by the stagnation of the protagonist who seems to be the same person at age 13 and 77. Again, could just be facing some uncomfortable truths in this novel or could be poor/unpleasant writing