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I like this book better the more I think about it. My initial reaction was that it was an elaborate bit of clever trickery, but the depth of the writing is what redeems it.
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Chapter 1
At the age of eleven she wrote her first story—a foolish affair, imitative of half a dozen folktales and lacking, she realized later, that vital knowingness about the ways of the world which compels a reader’s respect. But this first clumsy attempt showed her that the imagination it ...more
favorite quotes (possible spoilers):
Chapter 1
At the age of eleven she wrote her first story—a foolish affair, imitative of half a dozen folktales and lacking, she realized later, that vital knowingness about the ways of the world which compels a reader’s respect. But this first clumsy attempt showed her that the imagination it ...more
One of the many books added when I first posted on goodreads, and finally it is getting read. Thanks my 12 in 2012 list for longest on the TBR list!
I knew the movie was good, but literary jitters kept the book on my TBR for years. What if I didn't enjoy the book as much? What if it's secrets having been revealed ruined it for me? That didn't happen. The emotions of the fateful day a 13 year old girl witnessed something she didn't have maturity to process was more profound for seeing the events t ...more
I knew the movie was good, but literary jitters kept the book on my TBR for years. What if I didn't enjoy the book as much? What if it's secrets having been revealed ruined it for me? That didn't happen. The emotions of the fateful day a 13 year old girl witnessed something she didn't have maturity to process was more profound for seeing the events t ...more
I hated this book for the first 100-150 pages. The story was moving painfully slowly and I felt distant from the characters and wanted them to hurry up to get to the center of the story. But then the perspective shifted and the book came together in a haunting and impressive way. While I'm often quite critical of novel-within-novel devices, this book was so well crafted that I ended up loving the post-script and the structure all the more than if it had merely told the first story. I'd like to s
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You have to ask yourself one question: Do I love books more than movies or vice versa?
The movie this book was made into was phenomenal, but it was also one of the most close-to-the-book adaptations I have ever seen. I watched the movie first, then read the book a couple of years later (trying to put some distance between them) but I still knew everything that was going to happen.
It is my personal preference to rather have a book ruin a movie than vice versa. I get much more pleasure out of rea ...more
The movie this book was made into was phenomenal, but it was also one of the most close-to-the-book adaptations I have ever seen. I watched the movie first, then read the book a couple of years later (trying to put some distance between them) but I still knew everything that was going to happen.
It is my personal preference to rather have a book ruin a movie than vice versa. I get much more pleasure out of rea ...more
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I will discuss Atonement further in my BookCrazy discussion group, but I will let it suffice that this was one of the best reads of 2008 for me. Deeply evocative language, interesting thought processes and sentences I wanted to sink into. Phenomenal book. ...more
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I will discuss Atonement further in my BookCrazy discussion group, but I will let it suffice that this was one of the best reads of 2008 for me. Deeply evocative language, interesting thought processes and sentences I wanted to sink into. Phenomenal book. ...more
I liked it, but felt that his prose was a bit difficult to trudge through and the end was terribly predictable.
Dec 21, 2007
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Jan 16, 2008
Emily
marked it as to-read
Mar 20, 2008
Isabel Jazmín
added it
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Pattie
marked it as to-read
Jul 06, 2011
Kaitlyn
marked it as to-read
