The first time I read this book, many years ago, I was wildly enthusiastic about it. I kept telling all my friends they should read it. Now I read it again, and I think I love it even more (if that is possible). Irving describes things that you know can not be true in such a way that you actually...
I read the book one summer vacations - borrowed it off a friend when I ran out of my own reading material. Probably the main reason why I actually read the book. I mean - it wasn't bad per say, but the style was somewhat tiresome, and the story itself a tad too bizzare. Not the best Irving experienc...
Four stars only because I would have cut a couple of chapters had I been editing this, as I thought there was too much going on about actual church that bogged down the otherwise transcendent take on religion. A wonderful story and my second favorite Irving after Cider House Rules.
Four stars only because I would have cut a couple of chapters had I been editing this, as I thought there was too much going on about actual church that bogged down the otherwise transcendent take on religion. A wonderful story and my second favorite Irving after Cider House Rules.
Owen Meany is meant to be annoying; his voice, his size, and his sense of purpose, among others, all highlight Johnny's own love/hate relationship with Owen. This is one area in which Mr. Irving succeeds. Unfortunately, he succeeds so well that it truly impacted my thoughts on the book itself. A ...
Reading A Prayer for Owen Meany is one of the more interesting reading experiences I've had. For most of the book, I was slogging my way through, wondering if we'd ever come to the point of all the events that were going on. I saw a timeline of events, but no common thread until the last 50 pages, w...
yes yes yes!!! the cover of this book calls this book 'extraordinary' and it is nothing less. there is so much i want to write - i want to write that philip roth needn't have written american pastoral because this was already written a decade before. (and far better, i might add.) ok, so some of...
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