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Review by Jessica (141007) Rating (9/10) Review
by Jessica We learn about each person and their character through their own words and thoughts. Guilt, anger and shame twist like a thread throughout this story which is surely Ian McEwan’s best. Briony at 13 years old with a very vivid imagination writes a play to impress her brother and the cousins from the North who are arriving that day. They are all to take part in the play but before that can happen Briony sees something from her window involving her older sister Cecelia and a man. Why does she dive into the lake and is it the son of their cleaning lady. Briony’s imagination runs riot. Brother Leon arrives with his friend Paul Marshall who manufactures chocolate bars hoping if the war begins he will make a fortune because the soldiers will have them in their kit bag. Emily, the Mother suffers from migraine and the author’s description of this is so amazing and believable. A letter triggers of a train of events that are unstoppable with repercussions that make this novel the fabulous story it is. The tale moves on into the war years and Dunkirk with all the preparations in England for the arrival of the survivors. Briony is now a probationer nurse and is thrown in at the deep end. A
wedding and a meeting follow but you will you have to read on
to know the outcome in this outstanding novel. The ending I can
say I was not prepared for at all. You will not be able to put
the book down until you have completed it. Can’t wait to see if
the film is as good |
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