Atonement

by James Bailey

A man sits on a bench in front of his old school remembering the place where one particular day changed his life and those of many others dramatically years earlier.

Genres: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Historical Fiction

16 pages, ebook

First published October 19, 2012

Reviews

[Dakota · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only one who actually read this fking book for book club 🤬

[Shanae]

Interesting short story. Good to see it through the eyes of the shooter without making him subhuman. Most books like this make the person who shoots people out of anger someone who has no emotion and is incapable of regret. It was interesting to show that he was sorry for what he did but did not pretend that he had love for those he killed. Just a real, human emotion.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the twist - the story does make you scratch your head but for me it was so much lost time that you can't recover for two people: saddened me in a small way.

[Zoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

read for school and it was an interesting story but was quite hard to read overall. I think it's a good book to read, a classic as some say, but not one I would instantly recommend to someone

[Andrew Edward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the language was above my pay grade, but characters got you invested. Main character gets you mad frustrated too. The ending was like… 😯

[India · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hated with my whole hear briony Is a manipulative self entitled b*tch who does everything for herself. She also had no mursey

[Bianca R · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is an engaging and compelling story full of plot twists, but I definitely would not recommend it to those who like a happy ending.

[Annie Tevis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting short story.

[EvaLovesYA · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice read!

[Sophia Fantinel · Rating 4 out of 5]

SO much more feeling than the movie. If you watched the movie and thought everything was wrong - read the book!

[Wafa K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too short for my liking.