Finishing Atonement (Spoilers. Serious spoilers.)

Today I finally finished reading Atonement. All in all it's a pretty good novel. That said, the first "twist" was kinda predictable and the second was just irritating. Essentially the way the novel ends up being set up is parts 1 - 3 are a novel that Briony Tallis (one of the main characters) wrote. Part 4 of the novel is an epilogue told from a first person perspective by Briony Tallis. This takes place outside of the novel that parts 1 - 3 are. In the ending of the novel inside the novel, Briony manages to begin to actually atone for her crimes. Cecilia and Robbie succeed in being together, and all is starting to look like it could be rather nice and pleasant. In part 4 however, it turns out that this didn't really happen and was just part of Briony's novel. Robbie actually died of blood poisoning in France and Cecilia was killed during a bombing. Now, I really don't mind sad endings at all. To be perfectly honest they're often somewhat refreshing. What I found annoying was the fact that the good, happy ending was all set up only to have it switch around and slap you in the face. That annoyed me.