You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

tarahann's profile picture

tarahann 's review for:

Atonement by Ian McEwan
5.0

This is one of the best-written books I have read in a long time (other than Edith Wharton, naturally) and Ian McEwan stands as one of the best contemporary writers in the English language. The language in Atonement is seductively poetic; the story, deceptively tangible; the pathos is gripping (and other such incomplete superlatives). At the end, I found I deeply invested in the characters and story in a visceral way.