ipb1's review against another edition
4.0
Oh-er - I don't want to get caught up in the controversy about the degree of 'truth, 'verisimilitude', or downright invention in this, so I'll just pretend I thought it a novel and one which though at times harrowing was an engaging read.
aliciagw's review against another edition
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
4.25
A memoir about Frank McCourt's childhood, which was spent mostly in Ireland. He grew up in a dysfunctional family in a state of poverty. It is certainly a sad story, but it is also written in a dryly humorous way. Very good.
tilda_bernhardt's review against another edition
4.0
”he says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. stock your mind, stock your mind. you might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace”
”the master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the faith and dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for ireland and i wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live”
”love her as in childhood
through feeble, old and grey
for you’ll never miss a mother’s love
till she’s buried beneath the clay”
”the master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the faith and dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for ireland and i wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live”
”love her as in childhood
through feeble, old and grey
for you’ll never miss a mother’s love
till she’s buried beneath the clay”
lizbayonette's review
5.0
I had to read this in a class back in 2013. We read it so slow but I kept finding myself reading ahead. A great story about a boy living in Ireland with a broken home. Now that it's 2018, I think I'm going to be reading it again.
bookobsessed1987's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
caitlincassidy's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0