The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Thorn Birds
Book Review: Magnificent!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful story, real characters. Of the many, many thousands of books I've read in my lifetime, this one is right up there in the top ten. McCullough writes from the heart and this book touched me deeply. The author has no need to pander to the glands, as so many authors today seem to do. Having also read "Lady Chatterly's Lover", this book is far superior in every aspect. If a reader prefers trashy stuff, this is not the book to choose. If, on the other hand, you're looking for depth and unforgettable characters, this is the book for you.Book Review: One of a kind family saga
Summary: 4 Stars
A one of a kind captivating story, with great character development and carefully balanced twist and turns, raises the issue of the fierce fight between the human sex drive and love life of a man in opposition to his devotion to God, when he had become a Catholic priest. The story develops itself, starting in the early 1900 in southern rural Australia spawning several generations of the immigrant Cleary family until the year 1969, but it is centered in the life of the main character Meggie Cleary. As there is a great character development, characters are more important than the saga, the different chapters focus on several members of the Cleary family of various generations. It is one of a kind saga and one does not how it will end until the last page. Will the Cleary family stay on for generations to come or not ?Book Review: The Greatest Love Story!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Thorn Birds is by far the most beautiful, haunting and heartbreaking love story I have ever read. Collen McCullough created wonderful characters in this family saga, but by far the best characters are Meggie and Father Ralph. This book will stay with you long after you finish the last page.
Book Review: The best novel I have ever read...
Summary: 5 Stars
If I could give this book 10 stars I would. From the first page I was drawn into the Cleary family's world...into their colorful lives and the journey through their truimph and pain that spans a lifetime. This is a superb novel that centers around Meggie Cleary, a girl only but 7 years old at the start of the saga. Born into a poor Irish family of sheep shearers in the beautiful land of New Zealand, Meggie learns quickly that she must look after herself. From the time Meggie was a small child she was wise beyond her years. Having to hold her own against a family of all boys, save her mother Fee, who is but a shell of her former self. Fee being too busy with chores and duties, had no time to give love or affection to any of her children, except Frank...because he was different, he didn't resemble the Cleary's, he didn't behave as a Cleary. Meggie's oldest brother Frank was the only one who showed little Meggie any affection and she clung to him as if he were the only person who ever really loved her.
Fast forward 3 years....The Cleary's recieved a letter from their wicked, wealthy Aunt Mary Carson asking them to come to her home in Austrailia and learn how to tend her sheep and work her vast farm. Mary knew she was growing old and wanted the land and Drogedha, her home, to remain in the family once she died. So they left, with the promise of prosperity and a new future. Arriving after a trying journey by land and sea, they were met at the train station by priest Father Ralph De Bricassart, Mary's trusted confidant and friend.
From the moment Father Ralph and Meggie met they were both in awe of eachother. She being only 10, he being a man of 28. They shared a spiritual bond that neither could ignore from the beginning. He thought she was the most beautiful little girl he'd ever seen. She thought he closely resembled God because of his magnificant beauty and charm. He took Meggie under his protective wing and showed her an affection she had never known. She looked to him as a father, he to her as a daughter, but it was much more...
This is a tale of forbidden love, a love that cannot be consumated or entertained, but also can't be smothered and ignored. It is a love of two souls who are so entertwined it squeezes the heart with longing and desperation. Beyond their control, they fight their feelings and sometimes succomb to them over the period of their lives. Throughout this sweeping saga through generations of Cleary's, life lessons are learned the hard way and passed down to the next generations to learn all over again.
This book takes you on a long, winding road throughout time and the difficulties of the heart. It isn't just a romance, it is much more and any fan of great literature would appriciate this book. I recommend it highly.
Book Review: The thorn Birds
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book over 20 years ago, and I never forgot that beautifull story , for long time I want to read that again. It is the best book I ever read.I sent this one to a friend, and I got another one for myself.
Just the best.