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A review by mayling23
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
4.0
“Each of us has something within us which won't be denied, even if it makes us scream aloud to die. We are what we are, that's all. Like the old Celtic legend of the bird with the thorn in its breast, singing its heart out and dying. Because it has to, its self-knowledge can't affect or change the outcome, can it? Everyone singing his own little song, convinced it's the most wonderful song the world has ever heard. Don't you see? We create our own thorns, and never stop to count the cost. All we can do is suffer the pain, and tell ourselves it was well worth it.”
I´m so happy I´ve finally finished this book! I know how horrible it sounds, but I was reading this book for so long, that it started to be quite annoying.
How you can see, I gave this book 4/5 stars. Which means that I liked this book a lot. Reading this book was very impulsive decision, I just saw this book at my grandparents few weeks ago, and I thought- why not, my mum loved it, almost eveyone knows that story except me. So I picked it up. I knew what is about, but I didin´t know the ending. And that´s great, because I hate spoilers so much! So I was excited about this story, but I hadn´t got big expectations.
I think everybody knows the main plot. Love between girl and priest, later love between woman and priest. Forbidden and passionate love.
I´m not very into romantic stories, but The Thorn Birds is much more than that. I loved the Australian nature, Colleen described it so great, that I felt like I´m there.
I also liked the fact, that it´s the family saga, so we followed characters from childhood to adulthood.
The main character, Meggie, was likeable and real. She wasn´t my favourite character, but yeah, she was quite nice. I didn´t understand her acts sometimes, but overall she was strong heroine.
Ralph is controversial, I guess. Some people love him, some don´t. I love him and hate him at the same time. He did horrible things, his behaviour was sometimes unbelievable, but he was still just a human, so I can´t jugde him much.
There is a one thing that makes me love The Thorn Birds even more- beautiful quotes. The whole book is one big quote, also the Celtic legend at the beggining is just wonderful.
This book isn´t my favourite, but I´m glad I´ve read it. In my opinion, it was way too long and maybe if the author wrote just a half of it, it would be perfect.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, mainly because of beautiful Australian nature and interesting culture, but also because the story was solid. I don´t know if I will reread it someday, I think I won´t, but I recommed this story for people who love tragic lovestories, Australia and family sagas.
I´m so happy I´ve finally finished this book! I know how horrible it sounds, but I was reading this book for so long, that it started to be quite annoying.
How you can see, I gave this book 4/5 stars. Which means that I liked this book a lot. Reading this book was very impulsive decision, I just saw this book at my grandparents few weeks ago, and I thought- why not, my mum loved it, almost eveyone knows that story except me. So I picked it up. I knew what is about, but I didin´t know the ending. And that´s great, because I hate spoilers so much! So I was excited about this story, but I hadn´t got big expectations.
I think everybody knows the main plot. Love between girl and priest, later love between woman and priest. Forbidden and passionate love.
I´m not very into romantic stories, but The Thorn Birds is much more than that. I loved the Australian nature, Colleen described it so great, that I felt like I´m there.
I also liked the fact, that it´s the family saga, so we followed characters from childhood to adulthood.
The main character, Meggie, was likeable and real. She wasn´t my favourite character, but yeah, she was quite nice. I didn´t understand her acts sometimes, but overall she was strong heroine.
Ralph is controversial, I guess. Some people love him, some don´t. I love him and hate him at the same time. He did horrible things, his behaviour was sometimes unbelievable, but he was still just a human, so I can´t jugde him much.
There is a one thing that makes me love The Thorn Birds even more- beautiful quotes. The whole book is one big quote, also the Celtic legend at the beggining is just wonderful.
This book isn´t my favourite, but I´m glad I´ve read it. In my opinion, it was way too long and maybe if the author wrote just a half of it, it would be perfect.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, mainly because of beautiful Australian nature and interesting culture, but also because the story was solid. I don´t know if I will reread it someday, I think I won´t, but I recommed this story for people who love tragic lovestories, Australia and family sagas.