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A review by noranne
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
4.0
I read this book for my book club. I had heard of it before and was excited to read it, although I had literally no idea what it was about at all.
It ended up being a bittersweet, at times heartbreaking, saga of a large family. The focus was on Meggie from the beginning, and my biggest complaint with the novel is probably that her involvement--so important for about 80%--suddenly dies off. Not that Justine wasn't interesting, I suppose, but the distance from Meggie made everything much harder to care about. She was the heart of the book, in both the moments where I wanted to smack her and those where I wanted to cheer her on.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this book overall!
It ended up being a bittersweet, at times heartbreaking, saga of a large family. The focus was on Meggie from the beginning, and my biggest complaint with the novel is probably that her involvement--so important for about 80%--suddenly dies off. Not that Justine wasn't interesting, I suppose, but the distance from Meggie made everything much harder to care about. She was the heart of the book, in both the moments where I wanted to smack her and those where I wanted to cheer her on.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this book overall!