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A review by nanbary
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book reads like a love letter to the Australian Outback in all its glory and severity. Whilst it is mainly character driven the way that McCollough expertly crafts the scenery in which they live has this ex-pat longing for the isolation of the flat and dry terrain that shifts from devastating droughts to disastrous floods in a way she’d not formerly thought possible.
Whilst certain themes may not have aged well The Thorn Birds, in my very bias opinion, surpasses Gone with the Wind in its depictions of the human condition, religion and mortality.
Whilst certain themes may not have aged well The Thorn Birds, in my very bias opinion, surpasses Gone with the Wind in its depictions of the human condition, religion and mortality.