The Young Wan by Brendan O'Carroll
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Book Reviews of The Young Wan
Book Review: O'Carroll just keeps it coming!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're a Brendan O'Carroll fan, I really needn't say anything. Reading about Agnes growing up is enlightening, entertaining, eye-opening and inspiring as only O'Carroll can do it. This book is a gem of a read. You'd be crazy to pass it up!Book Review: The Young Wan
Summary: 5 Stars
I just think "He Nails it all", l've done this series and just so enjoyed them all.Book Review: The Young Wan
Summary: 4 Stars
Brendan O'Carroll's The Young Wan shows the beginnings of the matricarch of the Browne Family. Agnes marriage to the Redster is explained in all of its colorful history in this installment. This prequel offers the same deadpan humor that helps the Irish navigate through their poverty as the Trilogy. This light hearted if not at times tragic novel will have reader laughing, crying and marveling at the strength of friendship and family.
Book Review: The Young Wan
Summary: 4 Stars
I was apprehensive about buying a sencond hand book but could not find this particular book/series anywhere but on Amazon. I was pleasantly surprised with the condition of the book. I would definately purchace another used book from Amazon.Book Review: Poor Writing, Interesting Characters
Summary: 3 Stars
Contrary to what others think, I found the writing to be decidedly amateurish. I spent years reading and correcting pulp-like fiction written by high school students; this book takes me back to those stacks of stories. The vocabulary is repetitive; some sentences are run-on; the tense is weak ("...the siren was screaming...," "...the man was spitting at...," "Bosco was running hard..."); the grammar is sometimes unusual ("...went to follow...," "...he..made after the other men..."); and occasional slang seems inappropriate ("...a wino..."). There is a too-obvious effort to try to imitate speech patterns. And there are certainly trite and overused descriptions of people: the Irish as the sterotype.