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Book Review of Atonement

Atonement
Atonement
Author: Ian McEwan
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a well-written book, rather unsentimental -- self-conscious and insightful about the power of a novelist. I did not particularly care for any of the characters so was not as touched by the series of tragic events that take place. There is incredibly graphic and documentary coverage of the what it was like to be a nurse in London at the beginning of WWII. It's a phenomenatl read, and even though it involves a love story it is not a tearjerker for that reason. Love and War, Peace and Deception.