The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Thorn Birds
Book Review: A great story indeed!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Thorn Birds, is one of those books that will enchant you and let you be part of the story you are reading. The reader is taken to the place where it all started and to the very end. The love affair in this story is UNIQUE and will transfom you as you read through it. It was made a movie, a great one, but the book is always better and more entertainning. If you love the philosophy of life and like to discover its many sides, read this book. You'll never forget The Thorn Birds.Book Review: A great story, a great novel, a great real life experience
Summary: 4 Stars
This book was really a great book to read. I found it to be so realistic about a family spanning over three generations. The physical conflicts, as well as the emotional turmoil, has touched me. The story about a young women named Megghan, a priest named Ralph. A story about a women who can't marry a man she loves, and then takes the only thing she could of him. The story of a young man being the only precious son of Megghans mother, the only memory of a former lover. This was very appealing to me because it shows the life of heartbreak and romance in cycle after cycle. Family ties being revealed, and broken. The ending was so well written that it started me having to think of the realism and how it applies to my own life.As from other books I've read, it combines the mini-story detail of Ray Salisbury's"The Blue Skin of the Sea" with the deep emotions of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" None, however, can compare with the wellness McCullough mixes the character's internal and external conflicts into such an elaborate novel of emotional affection.Book Review: A great tear-jerker
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like books which make you cry, read this one. I loved it. The story seemed really believable and was really engaging.Book Review: A modern classic to rival "Gone With the Wind"
Summary: 5 Stars
Colleen McCollough's "The Thorn Birds" is more than just a beautifully written epic. It transports the reader into another time and place so completely and effortlessly that it is virtually impossible to put the book down. I found myself resenting the interruptions of my real life when I first read it, at the age of 12, in 1978. From Ms. McCollough I learned about the process of menstruation, experiencing with Meggie her fear and awe as her body changed and grew. In this book, I discovered my own emotional range, which was far greater than I had ever known. Perhaps because I first read it at such a vitally impressionable age -- and I should mention that I have read and re-read the book more than twenty times in the 30 years that have passed since then -- "The Thorn Birds" came to represent my coming-of-age story. Meggie Cleary is the character with whom I have identified my entire adult life, never mind the fact that I am a gay man living sixty years later and half a world away from her. Her agonies, her triumphs, her strength, and, most of all, her capacity to love, left an impression on my young spirit that have only grown more intense with the passing years. Needless to say, this is my all-time favorite book, but more than that, it is a life-changing experience for the reader who can appreciate the detail of Ms. McCollough's research, the elegance of her prose, the depth and humanity of her characters. "The Thorn Birds" is truly one of the greatest works of literature ever written, the kind of masterpiece that every artist dreams of producing just once in a lifetime.Book Review: A must read
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first novel I had read in my life. I was probably 13 or 14 years old..maybe even younger. After I finished reading this massive book. I turned around and read it again. This book gave me my first taste of what a pleasure it is to read. Now as I am approaching my 35th birthday, I can still feel that special something about this book. The story is about Megan from the time she was 4 until she was an older woman. The joys and sadness of her life growing up on a cattle ranch in Austrila. Her forbidden love of her priest and his forbidden love of her. Her family of brothers and strict mother and loving father. Of her children that she raised and what different turns her live took. When the movie came out in 1983 I could hardly contain myself to watch it. I was so excited to see my favorite story coming to life. Boy was I disappointed. The book was just too good and the tv could not compete. Read this story you will not be disappointed