Book guide
Atonement
One child’s misunderstanding shatters lives—and decades later, she tries to write her way toward atonement.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalWar storyHistoricalClass divideLiteraryTragic love storyLiteraryBetrayal
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About Atonement
On a hot day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis misreads the relationship between her sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, setting off consequences that reach into World War II and beyond. The novel examines love, guilt, class, memory, and the power and danger of storytelling.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- child abuse
- death
- rape of a minor
- sex
- sexual violence
- trauma
- war
- dementia
