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Book Review of Atonement

Atonement
Atonement
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Starts out well but half in way gets odd.
The time frame jumps around -future -past - way far future-past. And at the end you discover that the Atonement is all made up and the people are long dead. The Selfish girl becomes selfish old woman, who did nothing to save the man she send by false accusation to war to die or her sister who went to war to find him.
The book graphic describtion of the wounded is also disturbing.
I'm a bookworm but this book (even though it may speak to some readers) really missed me this time.
There are better books out there, pass this one unless you have the stomack for it.