Atonement

I had to read this for my A Level English class as a crime novel, and I was really pleasantly surprised with how good this was because I don't usually like the crime genre. I really enjoyed how this book was split up into parts to define sections of the character's lives, and how the crime impacted them, it is really gave a sense of her they were trapped in their altered lives and how they would never change.

Also, the ending of this book was such a surprise when it really shouldn't have been, if you look back throughout the novel and read it from the narrative that focuses on Briony there are a lot of mentions to fantasy, novels and literature - oh how clever McEwan is.

The one thing that let this book down from was Part 2 of the novel as I felt it distracted from the narrative of the novel too much, I would have loved to have had more of Briony's/other character's lives mixed into it. However, I understand why it was down even if it was a pain when I just wanted to know what was happening back at home.

I highly recommend this as it's so clever and a thought provoking read.