Play Book Tag discussion

The further I went into this story, the better I liked it. The story is told in the first person by Cyril. He starts the story with his soon-to-be, unmarried, teenage mother. He explains that he learned this part of his story from his mother. The story follows Cyril through his whole life, into his 70s. In these 70 years, Ireland and society in general changes, but I didn't feel that Cyril ever does.

I was so unhappy with Cyril's "parents". As time went on, though, I realized that they were just quirky. I still didn't like them, but they were quite the characters, and they never mistreated Cyril.
Cyril is a wonderful character, but Boyne didn't stop there; he created many more excellent characters throughout the book.

The story moves from Ireland to Amsterdam to New York and then back to Ireland.

There were laugh-out-loud pages and others that were so sad. For some reason, in those funny sections, I couldn't help but think of the funny British comedies I've seen on YouTube. There's also wonderful verbal banter among some of the characters.

One of my favorite quotes: "We hate what we fear in ourselves."