Trinity

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Summary: Fabulous Storytelling
Review: It drags in the beginnings, and soars in the middle, only to meet a dissapointing end. No matter. This is a fabulous book chronicolling a woderful history of an amazing people.

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Summary: High School Social Studies
Review: Or was it English? History? Oh, I can't exactly recall, but it was required reading in Mr. Walsh's class at Brockton High. When you're 16, you basically do what you're told. But it must have made an impression on me because that was over 20 years ago. I remember being enthralled, haunted, and needing to find out what was going to happen next! If I ever find time in my busy life, I would LOVE to read it again! I think!

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Summary: gfinnegan
Review: This is by far the best book I have ever read. Since my first reading of the novel, I have made a point of studying Irish history. The story Uris conveys is so penetrating that you feel a part of the Larkin clan, and want to know more about their history and the history of Ireland. Although a piece of fiction, this novel has so much truth in history to it, that the research alone must have taken Uris some time to copile. In any event, it will go done as a true classic piece of literature. Unfortunately, this is where it stops for Uris. His sequel, Redemption, does not hold true to the original in many ways. I advise avoiding the sequel so that you can retain the highest regard for Trinity.

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Summary: A classic, nothing more, nothing less.
Review: A fantastic book, one of my all time favorites. I once read part of it while driving 65 mph on a highway in Indiana. Hard to get through the first 50 or so pages but once you do, you will not be able to stop. Proud. Beaten. Hopeless. Defiant.

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Summary: Trinity
Review: Very well written but sad & depressing. A good example of how people can be manipulated by religion and politics so that they can control and suppress people. Ireland has been fighting England for centuries now and there is no end in store.

Conner is every man hero and is used by those in power. I enjoyed the book very much but came away with a feeling of sadness for Ireland, the Catholic church, the Protestant church, who are being used for political purposes and they don't even know it or don't care.

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Summary: The Greatest Story Ever Told--Deserves more than 5 stars
Review: Trinity is my favorite book. I have read it twice and I haven't tired of it. It tells the story of the fictional Conor Larkin, a young poor Catholic boy in Northern Ireland (Ulster), in the late 19th century. It starts when he is twelve and goes throughout his life of struggle against British tyranny. It is written with great style and it weaves history into an incredible story. It captures you from the first sentence and never lets go, even when you have finished it. The love of the characters remains in your heart forever. It evokes emotions that will never leave.

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Summary: TRINITY
Review: Leon Uris is capable of much much better writing. After reading Exodus and A God in Ruins I had high expectations for Trinity. The stroy line is shallow and the love story is about as deep as most teenage love storys. I'm an Irish-American so I know about the problems in Northren Ireland. Let's just say that Uris should have done some more research. The only redeemable part of the book is the part before Seamus and Connor grow up.

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Summary: Novel of Titanic Proportions
Review: Completely amazing novel...where it dragged at times it made up completely in other places. A must read for anyone who has any irish in them.

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Summary: Trinity, Leon Uris
Review: This book made me cry from the first page to the last, Uris tells a tale of an impoverished people with simplicity and beauty. Conor Larkin is a man who the story follows from his humble beginnings in rural Ballyutogue where Conor is eager to learn what society says he cannot to the streets of Belfast, Dublin and Derry where he is a revolutionary leader. Along the way he meets many people: Shelley MacLeod, who Conor falls in love with; Lady Caroline, who is married to Roger Hubble, the wealthy tycoon who runs the industrial scene of Ireland; Fredrick Weed, who is Lady Caroline's father, the owner of the Rugby team "The Boilermakers" whom Conor plays for, also a very wealthy Protestant; Seamus O'Neill, who was Conor's best friend since they were young in Ballyutogue. This intricately woven plot comes together in a way that leaves you at a loss for words because Uris' novel is superior to any other words than his own. Most definitely the best book I ever read.

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Summary: A Bittersweet Story- Fascinatingly Told
Review: I can't remember being fascinated by a book for quite a long time. But on reading Uris' story of Ireland, I was. "Trinity" covers roughly the thirty years after the 1880s and tells a story mainly about the leading character Conor Larkin, who - being the son of a proud Catholic landowner in the village of Balleytouge in Northern Ireland - becomes more and more involved in the conflict between Protestants and Catholics, Republicans and Loyalists. The author's skill to melt the personal story and the nearly documentary background of especially the Ulster province into one is brilliant. Thus, there's nowhere the clear- cut contrast between the English and the Irish, revealing lots of more facets of a conflict of old. Conor's commitment to the Irish cause is against his own will, leading him into personal tragedies as well. Trinity is a story of love and hate, richness and poverty, freedom and bondage. What makes it outstanding, is its authenticity. The last chapter's heading is: a terrible beauty. This is, what could also be the best definition of the whole book as well. Whoever starts it, will not wish to lay it aside until he's read the last page. A really great book!