The Cider House Rules: A Novel Audiobook

" beautifully written. Not a book you can read in a day as it spans a long timeframe & encompasses many characters lives. "

" John Irving is clearly a gifted writer, but I preferred Owen Meany to Cider House Rules. "

" I give this book six stars. A true masterpiece! I'm only sorry that it had to end. "

" Just loved it. John Irving makes every character relevent to the story. Good Night you Princes of Maine, You Kings of New England! "

" This is an important book. Everyone should read it, even though it becomes a bit tiresome (too long) and odd (unbelievable, but still interesting characters). For anyone born after Roe v. Wade, this book should be required reading because it takes us back to the time when back-alley abortions destroyed the lives of women, and unwanted pregnancies ruined the lives of children. "

" Fantastic read. Highly recommended. "

" My favorite John Irving book. "

" I'm finding this book so difficult to keep going with! At last I have finished! I must say I didn't really enjoy this book. I didn't really like any of the characters and I don't think it helped that I have seen the film. Something I hate to do see the film before reading the book. I don't like to give up on a book and am glad I finished it. "

" Not as good as Prayer and I feel like it just sort ends. It wasn't smooth around the edges near the end, but such a good book from the very first word to the very last. It could of been either much much longer or much much shorter. "

" I really enjoy John Irving, and especially this one. Heavy topics, but worth the torment! "

" Download to Alma's kindle 2/23/12 "

" I loved this book so much, I already want to re-read it. "

" Loved this book a lot!!!! "

" Love love love this book! So many perspectives I never even considered. Undoubtedly a thought provoking book. "

" I love books that make you feel like a better person for having read them. "

" This book totally destroyed me when I read it aged around seventeen. I remember sobbing inconsolably for a very long time. Also, John Irving taught me how to use semicolons. "

" I didn't love it - I had read Owen Meany which I absolutely adored. This book has some okay characters, but not as good. I kept waiting for something to happen and it doesn't. I am 2/3 through the book and putting it down. "

" I do so love it when you get so lost in a book you forget you are turning pages, and it doesn't happen for me often enough. But it did happen with this one. Thought-provoking, often discomfiting, but with a poignancy that will stay with me. Thanks Mr Irving. "

" I think that this is a great book to read. "

" Not as good as I thought it would be! Loved it though! (HATED the ending!) "

" Vintage [pun intended] Irving; i.e., brilliant. "

" I just couldn't get into this book. "

" Shit. I thought John Irving *used* to be awesome and just his new stuff was sucky. But um. Crapskies. Anyway I am not going back and trying Owen Meany again, that gets to live on a little golden throne forever no matter what. "

" I enjoyed this book, the momentum and anticipation of the inevitable. I would recommend it! "

" This and garp are the best Irving has written. This one is definitely more nostalgic. "

" This was my first John Irving book and I enjoyed his style of writing. I read the book two years ago now, and never saw the movie, and I still remember some of the details of scenes in it. It's a long one, but good. "

" Classic John Irvingquirky humor, moral menbold and didactic "

" Read this for a book club in the Litforum. "