The World According to Garp
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The World According to Garp
I just finished reading THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving. What a fantastic book. So good in fact, that I actually read 300 pages yesterday, something I haven't done in a very long time.
The bulk of the book is quirky and funny, but at the end, I found it all tied together with some solid emotion I wasn't expecting. The characters and situations in this book will stay with me for some time. Great stuff.
The bulk of the book is quirky and funny, but at the end, I found it all tied together with some solid emotion I wasn't expecting. The characters and situations in this book will stay with me for some time. Great stuff.
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My g/f is a huge Irving fan, so the first two books I read are A Prayer for Owen Meany and World According to Garp. I enjoyed them, but reading them back to back, they seemed almost interchangable in the unfolding of the plot and the general tone. Perhaps I just should have spaced them out a bit ....
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I have found that there are two sorts of people in the world -- those who think that Garp is the best thing that Irving wrote, and those who think that Owen Meany is the best thing that Irving wrote.
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Willie, you should do more research to see if a person's favorite matches the book he/she read first.
I look forward to reading more Irving, but if his style is similar in other books, I cerainly want to take a break. But I will say that I'm already looking forward to reading Garp again. I'd like to figure out why/how it works.
I look forward to reading more Irving, but if his style is similar in other books, I cerainly want to take a break. But I will say that I'm already looking forward to reading Garp again. I'd like to figure out why/how it works.
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Originally Posted by James W. Powell
Willie, you should do more research to see if a person's favorite matches the book he/she read first.
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I love Garp and Meany. Other great ones are The Cider House Rules and The Hotel New Hampshire.
I think his pre-Garp novels are OK but nothing special.
I think his pre-Garp novels are OK but nothing special.
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Owen Meany is my favorite, but I've always been kind of partial to his first novel, Setting Free the Bears.
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I loved Garp, read Owen Meany after, I really don't remember it too much. I should probably read it again.
I bought the Garp VHS after I finished the book, but never watched it. How does it compare to the book?
I bought the Garp VHS after I finished the book, but never watched it. How does it compare to the book?
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I loved Garp, read Owen Meany after, I really don't remember it too much. I should probably read it again.
I bought the Garp VHS after I finished the book, but never watched it. How does it compare to the book?
I bought the Garp VHS after I finished the book, but never watched it. How does it compare to the book?
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Originally Posted by lauren42088
You should read A Prayer for Owen Meany. Thats what got me into Irving in the first place. Its absolutely incredible.
You may also enjoy THE 158-POUND MARRIAGE and THE CIDER HOUSE RULES.