Oh, these books, these books that are hugely popular and overwrought and, well, interesting, but not enough to really grab me. I never resented reading this book, it moved along quickly, but in the end? I'm not sure it had anything that really took possession of me while I was reading it, nor anyth...
This is my kind of book: an epic family saga with a strong sense of place. I hate to give it only three stars, but I've had to conclude that while it has its strengths, it doesn't live up to what it could have been. The Thorn Birds starts off excellently, detailing the day-to-day life of a family st...
Mary Carson is a hugely wealthy widow who rules her enormous sheep farm Drogheda with an iron fist. She refuses to remarry, as she won't play second fiddle to any man, and she enjoys the attention and respect given to her by the men in the area, well aware that she would not have it were it not for ...
I'm marking this as 'it was okay' because while I loathed and despised the book itself, I recognized that it is truly a good book. I found the whole thing to be beyond depressing, and while I've read other sad books they also had moments that felt good. This works to make me not only care about th...
The Thorn Birds is a true epic. The detail is incredible. You could almost feel the heat, dryness, and wind sweep through Drogheda, the sheep station in Australia, while reading it. However, my favorite part of the book is the characterization. I think it’s a true testament to the writing that at di...
This is a book my mother has wanted me to read for a long long time. It is one of her favourite books and naturally she fancies Richard Chamberlain, from the 1980's mini-series. The story itself is not something that wholly interested me at all, but McCullough has a talent for getting under your ski...
I’m giving The Thorn Birds 4.5 stars. I honestly would not have read this if not for a certain McCollough fan mentioning it. I knew the mini-series from when I was younger and even remember watching a few episodes, but I didn’t recall the whole story and never found it appealing to pick up on my own...
I really enjoy epic stories and sagas, big sweeping stories that enmesh the reader in the characters and their lives, and make the reader more than just a bystander watching the action, but a sort of participant. We want things to go a certain way, we want things to go well, because we care about th...
A wonderful book! A Sunday book review of this and a book called THE PROUD BREED by Celeste De Blasis in the Rocky Mtn News in 1978 got me back into reading. I read all the time when I was a kid, but got away from it when I was in high school (except for COFFEE, TEA OR ME and THE HAPPY HOOKER). A...
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