Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780099507383
Edition: New Ed
ISBN: 0099507382
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: August 09, 2007
Publisher: Vintage
Studio: Vintage

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Rating: - Bit long winded
I've never not finished a book once I've started it, but to be honest, I struggled with this one. At the start I didn't warm at all to any of the characters except for Robbie and what followed in the book enamoured me to them even less. But struggle I did and although I found the scenes in the lead up to Dunkirk very hard to read as they were so gruesome, I was glad I persevered. The last 100 pages more than made up for what came before. I'd read "On Chesil Beach" so was expecting the one pivotal ... Read More

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Rating: - Disappointing and tedious
I brought this as a holiday read purely on the basis of its hype and the fact that someone had clearly thought it worth investing money in to make a film. I was utterly disappointed; it was one of the most dull and overrated books I have ever read. It took until chapter nine for anything to actually occur, other than lethargic prose labouring the point that it was an awfully hot summer. So what? That was just rubbing the salt in. ;-)

The most annoying section of the book is the description ... Read More

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Rating: - Read before watching film!
Atonement is, overall, quite a good read.
However, it is very much an up-hill battle to really get into it, though once you are in, it engrosses you for around 60% of the time, so in this way is good.
There are several parts throughout the book that I personally had to skip, as they were very slow-moving and irrelevant to the story.
If you have seen the film, the book is even more hard work, as it takes so much time to get round to what actually happens in the story, so if you read it after ... Read More

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Rating: - Mastery of the written word certainly...
I don't know where to begin with this review. I have just finished reading Atonement and the last chapter and epilogue were really gripping and unputdownable. But earlier in the novel - the section covering Robbie's time at war - didn't really do it for me. I am not that fond of stories about war, and whilst I appreciate the mastery in the writing and the descriptions, I wasn't as moved as some.

I really like the scene in the library - that was very sensual and I was totally caught up in the moment. ... Read More

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Rating: - Brillant story, but rubbishly made
I brought this book and it was brillant. The story is brillant and I liked the way that it had different sexctions focusing on certain events. Anyway, the book did not last long and started to fall to pieces when I had only read a third of it.

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