"On a summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses the flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant. But Briony's incomplete grasp of adult motives and her precocious imagination bring about a crime that will change all their lives, a crime whose reprecussions Atonement follows through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century."
Whenever I find myself enjoying a novel I eat up the plot, going along with the thrills, spills, and chills and sometimes forget the importance of character development. In this novel, the sequence of events are important but the struggle of the characters' feelings and the study of the flaws of people really outshine the plot. I could really connect to the characters and believe they were real. The movie can't capture the different perspectives of the story or the inner turmoil of each character. I don't want to spoil the book and at the same time I feel like I'm giving a terribly broad description of the novel. I feel like I am butchering this review. In the end the novel just leaves me moved and the words "I'll wait for you. Come back." will remain with me, haunt me if you will.
