rachelnicodemus 's review for:

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is my mom's favorite book that she gifted me years ago and I finally read it. I was intimidated by how large of a book it is and the idea of a family saga didn't sound appealing. I'm glad I finally gave it a try. The characters are so frustrating but the story is beautiful. I liked how it would zip forward in time sometimes from one paragraph to the next and didn't just have a bunch of filler to account for the time that passed.

I was pleasantly surprised that after all of the tragedy in this book that at the end a generational curse was broken and Justine was able to give herself a chance at happiness that her mother and grandmother had not had.