Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

3 reviews

thenecessarysalamander's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Grief, Body shaming, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Blood, Mental illness, Incest, Religious bigotry, Dementia, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Racism, and War

childofmongreldogs's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I'm weirdly torn about this one.

I really enjoyed the way everything came together and I enjoyed the titular character, Owen Meany—I especially enjoyed how his story played out and all the elements of his past lead to the final scene of the novel. The main character left something to be desired. He felt very out of place and was often off-putting from a narrative perspective. Some of the weirdest aspects of the book come from his narration such as the weird incestuous thoughts he has about his cousin for the majority of the book.

All in all, while I enjoyed how everything played out, this was probably the hardest book I've ever tried to get through. It was not enjoyable to read the actual prose of this novel, despite the actually good prose and dialogue.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Incest

Minor: Addiction, Classism, Alcohol, Incest, Pregnancy, Dementia, Death, Antisemitism, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

gm_vak's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship