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Atonement
by Ian McEwan
<b>Actual Rating: 2.5</b>
Disclaimer: This is not a book I would have picked up alone. This was a suggestion for a book club that got (randomly) chosen. I also would not have pushed myself to finish this book if it wasn't for said book club. Too long, didn't read: Only, maybe, three of us finished the book.
My problem, and the reason I struggled to get into this book, was the beginning and first half of the plot. So many characters are introduced, not to mention the fictional "fictional" characters of thirteen-year-old Briony's imagination. It was hard to keep up with who was who, what was happening, and why these people mattered.
And then you get to about 48% of the book, and the plot shifts.
Disclaimer: This is not a book I would have picked up alone. This was a suggestion for a book club that got (randomly) chosen. I also would not have pushed myself to finish this book if it wasn't for said book club. Too long, didn't read: Only, maybe, three of us finished the book.
My problem, and the reason I struggled to get into this book, was the beginning and first half of the plot. So many characters are introduced, not to mention the fictional "fictional" characters of thirteen-year-old Briony's imagination. It was hard to keep up with who was who, what was happening, and why these people mattered.
And then you get to about 48% of the book, and the plot shifts.