Friday, February 27, 2009

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

This book is the best that I have read in a long time. The plot pulled me in right away (it's about a young boy who accidentally kills his best friend's mother) and the chatty narrative kept me riveted to the end. Like many other fabulous books I don't want to say too much, but that I look forward to other people reading it also so I can talk about it - the themes of fate and destiny kept me thinking about the book long after I had finished. The only flaw I found was it had a little too much foreshadowing which took away the element of surprise in places.

Overall rank: 9/10

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