A Prayer for Owen Meany- 1st Qtr SSR

Title: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Author: John Irving
Genre: Bildungsroman
Pages: 617

Summary:
     In this book John Wheelwright is looking back and reminiscing on his pre-teen years during the 50's and 60's when he lived in Gravesend, New Hampshire. Particularly memories with his best friend Owen Meany, a scrawny pale boy of minimal height with an extremely high pitched voice with a wise and extraordinary mind. Owen Meany is also the murderer of John's mother Tabitha. Owen was batting during a little league game and the only ball he was ever able to hit was the murder weapon of his best friends mom. The ball hit Johns Mother on her temple and she was dead before she hit the ground. Even after the incident, they remained best friends. Owen Meany was a huge part of Johns life. Throughout school and life, Owen had inspired Johns belief in God. Even after Owens meaningful death, which Owen had predicted, Owens spirit had continued to change Johns life.

Review:
   Alrighty! So this book is amazing. It is a true story, but because there is the theme of supernatural powers with John and Owens belief in God, I especially liked it. It truly is an extraordinary novel. However, if you are not a big reader then this book might be a little hard to read. It does start off a little slow and the transitions between major events weren’t extremely intriguing, you could find yourself fading off as you are reading the words, like me. Although it was slightly difficult to read, it was still interesting and mind-opening. Also the writing was very mature yet simplistic so it was easy to understand. It was also sort of poetic, a lot of the things he experienced had deep meanings behind them.  I would definitely recommend this book if you are in need of inspiration or growth. This book does start off slow, but the journey to the end is worth it.