A Prayer for Owen Meany

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Summary: This book can open up your eyes
Review: A Prayer for Owen Meany was a excellent book. This book opened up my eyes to a whole new world. This book discused the differences between people's faith and how one boy with a strong heart could change the views of people around him. John Irving cleaverly mixes sorrow and death with humorous memories from his childhood.I would recommend this book for anyone who wants a new perspective on an old subject, FAITH!

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Summary: OWEN MEANY, SUPERSTAR
Review: This religious novel about a Christ-like figure who influences all he encounters, laced with dark humor and memorable characters, is a great book that manages not to preach while teaching about faith. I am now also doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice. Excellent work from author John Irving.

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Summary: Incredible...riveting..excellent use of creativity
Review: John Irving has once again proved himself a mastermind of hitting-the-nail-on-the-head of human emotion. The recent movie adaptation entitled, "Simon Birch" cannot do the book justice. And as always, John Irving takes the "surprise ending" route for the final chapter. Go get this book, you won't be dissapointed.

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Summary: Hands down a fine story
Review: Recommended reading; brilliant use of hands as an objective correlative and symbol, particularly in conjunction with the underlying Christian truth. Considerable foreshadowing that is at times excessive, but that flaw can be overlooked--and will be as you journey inexorably on . . .

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Summary: One of the 3 best books I've read in my life
Review: Undoubtedly John Irving's best, & I've read 'em all, including his latest,'A Widow for one Year'. Owen Meany is one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. This book has everything - humour, pathos,love, and even intrigue. Wonderful, wonderful! I was hoping that the book wouldn't end.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The blurb on the back of this book said "one of Irving's most comical novels" or something very much to that effect. I hope this is not so. I had never read Irving and hoped to find something with the quirky characters I've seen in the Garp movie. No luck. The book has an awkward sense of time, moving back and forth much too often. As an aspiring writer, I find it incredibly in need of editing also. It meanders so much, almost like a King novel. What should take one page to describe often takes 2 or 3. If I submitted something like this, do you think it would have been accepted? The first 600 pages of this book is merely a set-up for the last 10. Skip the 500 pages in the middle, as I did. This would have worked much better as a 30 page short story.

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Summary: If you read one book for fun this year, let this be it.
Review: I'm 14. I like to read for fun. I hardly read nebooks past 300 pages but this 600 page book is too good. it makes you want to keep reading. owen meany keeps you wondering and curious as to what happens next. i felt like i knew him. the last scene when owen dies just breaks your heart...it's a MUST READ

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Summary: Best book ever!
Review: After reading this book I wanted very much to meet the man Owen Meany. Never have I been so emotionally attached to a character before. Just thinking about it makes me teary eyed. I doubt that any other book could ever be this good, this perfect. Do yourself a favor, and read this book. Congratulations Mr. Irving.

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Summary: Perfect
Review: A Prayer For Owen Meany is, in my opinion, Irving's best book. The writing is smooth and silky, lulling the reader, word by word, page by page, into the lives of the unique and complex charactors. This book deserves even more praise than it's getting, reading it is an expierence that can't be matched in a world of boring and stupid books, for me reading about the churches and Owen Meany's own religous belief, I am able to see more, and understand more fully not only my religon, but also what religon means to me. This book, unlike many others in this world is powerful enough to change the reader, I urge you to read it, because it is the best book I have ever read.

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Summary: A life-changing experience.
Review: This book is incredible. It taught me to appreciate the importance of everything everyday. The final scene gave me chill bumps . . . don't let anyone spoil the ending for you. This book will totally alter your take on life. Even if it takes months, or even years, be sure to finish the book!