Book 14

Sorry for all the delays, but this last chuck of books was pretty depressing and I had to take extreme measures to cheer myself up after these. 

On that note, book 14 was Atonement by Ian McEwan. An excellent book, but dear lord was it depressing. I almost cried, which is a very uncommon thing for me.

Basic plot (SPOILERS)-gardener's son and daughter of the manor fall in love. DOM's little sister sees GS and DOM in a very intimate moment, and becomes confused as to what is really going on, causing her to now distrust GS. She ends up accusing GS of horrible crime that he did not commit and he goes to jail, tearing him and DOM apart. DOM believes he did not commit said crime, and cuts herself off from her family. WWII starts, and he goes to war and DOM becomes nurse. Sister grows up, and realizes she was totally wrong in accusing GS. Attempts to make amends, and the three make a tenative start at reconciliation. Only, that attempt was all in sister's head, since DOM and GS both died in the war.

Yeah, horribly sad. I really liked the novel despite that-it showed how much gestures and actions can be misconstrued when people lie and try to conceal things that should not be hidden. I don't know if I will ever reread this book-it was almost too much.

Atonement

Ian McEwan

1/14/14