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After reading quite a few "cotton candy" books in a row, I decided to pick up The Cider House Rules over Thanksgiving as I've never read anything by Irving. With the baby, I have limited reading time so this tome took me a little over a month to read. Irving's writing is gorgeous, and he is a master of characterization. I feel a deep affection for his characters, even the ones I didn't like through much of the book. I highly recommend this book and plan to read A Prayer for Owen Meany next time
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This is my first John Irving book, and I have to say I enjoyed it much more than I expected. I've never seen the movie, although I knew Toby Maguire was in it, so I was going into the story now knowing much about what happened. I have to say it was far more pro-choice, as a stance, than I expected for a book set in the 1940s and 1950s. Based on Irving's notes at the back, Dr. Larch's experiences and attitude were strongly influenced by Irving's own father. But I enjoyed following the story of th
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I read this years ago, but it had been quite a long time. What a great book. In typical fashion, the story takes awhile to get where it is going, but the characters are so fun that you don’t care. And every part of the story takes you somewhere, not story line is introduced without a purpose. And an purpose is something very central to this story. A week or so after I read this book I was thinking about whether or not Homer was manipulated by Larch. Usefulness aside, I wonder if Homer will ever
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