Title: Tangy like good cider!
Review: Although I closed the back cover on Owen Meany and opened the front cover of Cider House, I found myself loving Homer with similar warmth to my feelings for Owen. Religious themes were a strong undercurrent to both books. In Cider House, the diversity of approaches to the issue of abortion was presented within the context of love, concern and respect for the participants. Refreshing!Different than Owen, I had some difficulty feeling connection to the characters who were presented in the latter part of the book. Although they were useful in fleshing out the theme that all of us have rules in our lives which we circumvent and/or change, I found myself feeling unsympathetic to some of their lives.Cider House was still a good read and boosted me on to perusing other Irving novels.
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