A review by shivani_n
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

"for me there can never be anyone else. only you. the whole world has known it for years. but words of love mean nothing. i could have screamed them at you a thousand times a day without affecting your doubts in the slightest. so i haven't spoken my love, justine, i've lived it."

okay so this book is 573 pages so it took me a few days to get through and during the beginning i was really bored, but once i got more into it, i started to enjoy it. meggie and ralph's story is quite sad but beautifully written, and the way it spanned across like 6 decades was interesting because you really saw how they progressed as people and how their tumultuous relationship grows.