A review by bbrassfield
Atonement by Ian McEwan

5.0

I read this back when it was new, but this was before the coming of Goodreads. Reading Machines Like Me reminded me to mark this book as read and to comment that this novel is a masterpiece of modern literature. Don't hesitate to read. In the years since reading this, I have often pondered the idea in my head of how we write alternative versions of our lives and those that we come in contact with, to shield us from the painful realities of certain situations gone hopelessly sideways. Hopefully not as sideways as what happens in Atonement, but then this is what makes Atonement such a powerful novel. Is Atonement actually achieved?