A review by daffodilcherry
Atonement by Ian McEwan

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

3.5

Read as part of The reading challenge book: reread a classic you hated in highschool. I had to watch the movie in highschool and hated the titular "atonement" as insincere and self-serving,
and I'm vindicated that that was the point of view of Briony all along.
So the final chapter was incredibly vindicating, as this differed slightly from the movie. I think the multiple perspectives were well handled, if a bit slow at times.

The narration by Josephine Bailey was delightful, she was amazing at changing her voice for character dialogue. My only gripe about this audio book was that the book was segmented by seemingly random paragraphs, instead of chapters or more logical sections, which made it a little difficult to find a good place to stop. 
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