Briony

Briony is the one who caused all of the trouble way back in part one.

Making Amends « So Many Books 2005

I really enjoyed the way that young Briony is unable to understand what she sees and in fact it would seem to me that not even Cecelia or Robbie are able to take it all in.

Reader reviews of Atonement by Ian McEwan. 2002

If the desperation of both her guilt and her wish fulfilment stirs us, it is because, by way of McEwan’s delayed revelation, by way of his narrative secret, we have ourselves conspired in Briony’s wish fulfilment, not just content but eager to believe, until the very last moment, that Cecilia and Robbie did not actually die.

2009 May 05 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

If the desperation of both her guilt and her wish fulfilment stirs us, it is because, by way of McEwan’s delayed revelation, by way of his narrative secret, we have ourselves conspired in Briony’s wish fulfilment, not just content but eager to believe, until the very last moment, that Cecilia and Robbie did not actually die.

James Wood on Ian McEwan in the LRB 2009

It is not what Briony needs—if she had been having stridor, we would have heard the noise in her throat with each sharp intake of air.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

Briony had an imperforate anus, a failure of her colon and rectum to meet up with the skin on the outside.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

Though I must admit that Briony from Atonement also seemed like such an evil villain to me for the absolute longest time until the very end.

Angels' Blood Countdown: Deidre Knight - Red Fire Nalini Singh 2009

Briony is one of the patients who makes the CCS service so rewarding, because of these hard-won victories, because of the moments when things go right.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

I have a vague sense that I have heard this term before or have seen it written down, but any effort I make to find a connection to some sort of meaning is in vain as Briony is placed back in her crib.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

I look through them as I walk back to the pile of paperwork I had left behind when Briony first had turned blue.

Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011