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Title: a confused, powerless story
Review: "Atonement" is, in book-jacket terms, the panoramic story of a lie that profoundly alters the lives of those it touches. It is divided into three parts. The first tells the story of the lie: its background, why it was told, who told it. The last two show the lie's unfolding consequences.For all its careful planning, the book falls short. The first part is excellent: well-written, engaging, full of vibrant characters and an interesting story. The remainder, however, fails to live up to the beginning's promise. The second part of the book is almost devoid of plot, leaving the third part to clumsily resume and conclude the story. By then its emotion is diffused, and the book ends carelessly, trying to be powerful and succeeding only in being amusing and somewhat sad."Atonement" is worth reading only for the lush preparation of its first part. The rest of the book in its meandering is - like the story itself - a lesson in waste.
