"I wanted to read this book because I had read a wonderful book review of it in the New York Times, and my father highly recommended the book; and he often has wonderful recommendations for me.
The book, as its title suggests, is really I think about atonement - one woman's atoning for what she perceives to be one of the greatest life mistakes she had ever made, and a real betrayal of her sister and a betrayal of love, the love between her sister and a man. I think everyone has a moment in their life that they wish they could go back and change if possible, change the path of their life, the direction. Of course, we're all sort of I think conditioned to think that regret should not be - there should be no regrets. People say, "Oh, you should live your life as if there are no regrets." And we all try that, I think; we try to live like that. But the great redeeming power of art, and of literature, I think, is a study of those mistakes that we've made, and a study of the feelings that we feel.
This book is, I think, a very contemplative book and a very powerful book; so anyone who wants to go through an emotional experience while also having a great time reading - I mean, it is; it's a wonderful read - should pick up this book, and I highly recommend it.
I would give this book five stars, absolutely. This is a masterpiece."
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