Madeline's review
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
Madeline's review
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Madeline's review
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A very entertaining, very hilarious story. I loved how nearly every single event in the story, no matter how trivial, turned out to be really important at the very end of the book. Also, Owen Meany, with his intelligent/funny comments and the way he speaks in caps lock, was one of the best characters I've ever read about. My favorite part was when, during the Vietnam War, Owen was watching a news report on the war and said, "DO WE THINK THIS IS A MOVIE?"
The reason the book doesn't get five stars is because, although I liked young Johnny, I couldn't stand him once he's grown up and writing about his childhood. First he spends way too much time nattering on about the differences between the Anglican and Episcopalian churches (and complaining when he doesn't win some church election), and for the remainder of the parts where he takes a break from the story to talk about what he's up to as an adult, he's bitching about the United States and how they're screwing everything up....more
The reason the book doesn't get five stars is because, although I liked young Johnny, I couldn't stand him once he's grown up and writing about his childhood. First he spends way too much time nattering on about the differences between the Anglican and Episcopalian churches (and complaining when he doesn't win some church election), and for the remainder of the parts where he takes a break from the story to talk about what he's up to as an adult, he's bitching about the United States and how they're screwing everything up....more
