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b_b · 2718 days ago · link · · parent · post: 'bl00s Reviews #9: "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving
Really enjoyed. Probably would have loved it at 600 pages more though. I thought that at times he got lost in the weeds with backstory that didn't add much and that felt a bit boring. But the first and last 300 pages were spectacular. Not sure I've ever read anything that has my heart racing as much as the chapter where we meet Bev and she leaves her husband. I think I'm going to read another of his, possibly Dead Zone (after I'm over the election), or The Stand. Recs?