The Cider House Rules

I gave this three stars after I read it; I think I was being generous. At one time I thought Irving was the greatest and surely he couldn't write a boring book, right?

Well, this book was quite boring with flat, uninteresting characters.

The point of it is for Irving to repeat “abortion should be legal, abortion should be legal, abortion should be legal.” Everything that happens in the book is in support of that.

I completely agree with this view but that won't make this a good read.