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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would never have read this book, had it not been left in a pile of paperbacks on a rig offshore, and I had I not finished the two books I brought with me already.  I honestly had no idea what to expect, and almost put it down after 13 pages because <em>Talladega Nights</em> was on HBO.<br/><br/>But I did...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4312285">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I met Pat Conroy at a book signing event in Atlanta when this book was released. There just so happened to be another Furman Alumni in line ahead of us and I heard Conroy say something about Furman. I spoke up making sure he knew I was there. His response was something like &quot;You Furman people a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5530705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful!<br/><br/>It's weird because there's something amateur?  unintellectual?  about his writing, yet it's profoundly wise and he comes up with poetic comparisons all over the place.  I can't place it.  Maybe the characters are a bit too cheesy at times.  Hopeless romantic?  I don't know.  Bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2202674">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Possibly one of the worst books I have ever had the misfortune to read.  I bought it after hearing Nan Talese, Conroy's editor, talk about how it was put together.  In retrospect, I should have realized that her telling of how Conroy was impaired by drink and depression during the writing of the boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4112280">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good epic southern novel.  I forgot how much fun it was to read these types of books full of family drama, unrealistic and over-the-top characters, and some good old romance. <br/><br/>I remember really enjoying Conroy's Prince of Tides when I read it back as the oldest 10th grader you'll ever k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29173145">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I fell in love with Pat Conroy's writing while on holiday at Hunting Island, South Carolina - it was accidental though, my professor at grad school had reccomended him and I thought it looked like a good meaty read for a beach holiday.  I didn't have any idea that he sets most of his books there and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7310365">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really beautifully written story.<br/>I've purchased this book no less than 4 different times. Every time someone saw it they wanted to borrow it and somehow it never got returned. My mother-in-law filched the last copy I bought and she <em>SWEARS</em> it belongs to her.<br/><br/>I picked up yet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26322551">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was initially skeptical about starting up one of these &quot;blockbuster&quot; novels, but Beach Music's prologue was surprisingly well written and I found myself strangely captivated to read on. As a testament to the quality of that prologue, I waded through a couple hundred pages of overwrought ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45800270">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Set in the American South and Rome, this is one of my all time favorite books. Would give it 10 stars if I could. I loved the complex family dynamic AND the food descriptions. I really enjoy reading people's descriptions of food.* One of the main characters is a food critic and he discusses the meal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45180733">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42464787">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this a while back, but reread parts of it over the holidays and gave it as a gift to my brother Bill.  It deals with several friends who grew up together in the 60's.  They had various family problems -- one was a child of holocaust survivors, another had a physically and verbally abusive fat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42464787">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a great book, especially for those of us who might have been close to draft age and/or in college in the late 60's<br/><br/>The story weaves around three guys (and a couple of neighbor girls) who grow up in a small coastal town of S Carolina.  In their freshman year they befriend a new kid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79299529">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here is where Pat Conroy's foibles and weaknesses come home to roost. &quot;Beach Music&quot; is his worst book (I haven't read the hard-to-find and generally forgotten &quot;The Boo&quot;) by a considerable distance. Even the most ardent Conroy admirers will likely admit his faults: an occasional t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63179587">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  <br/>Overall it was a good story and I enjoyed reading it. <br/><br/>I did not respect any of the 5 &quot;friends&quot;.  I found the secondary characters, John Hardin, Betsy, the general, Jordan, Jack's Father and Mother much more interesting than the 5 &quot;friends&quot; characters.<br/> <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44078478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book many, many years ago, and at that time, it was my favorite all time book.  I just finished reading it again because it was one that I recommended along with Laura.  I wanted to see if I still enjoyed it as much as I did the first time.<br/><br/>The answer is yes, I really enjoyed ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45141164">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I put &quot;Beach Music&quot; in the pile of books I've had for years and never read, with the intent of giving it a shot and then giving it away. Now that I've finally read it, it's back on my shelves.<br/><br/>It's far from a perfect book - full of overwrought melodrama and so many intense, horr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72866922">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my all time favourite book.  I remember capturing smells and fantasising about small town South Carolina...  <br/><br/>It is very tragic, painful and tender book, and it’s pretty much dark, although the title is described as a sunny sunshine. Conroy tells this story of dysfunction...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55312491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one covers the same ground as &quot;Prince of Tides,&quot; but not nearly as well. &quot;Prince of Tides&quot; was compelling and the writing was beautiful, but &quot;Beach Music&quot; rambles. I wanted to find out what happened, but I just got tired of slogging through it all...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Crappy book but I'd recommend reading it (particulary if you're going to be on a plane for 24 hours or something) since it's so entertaining and funny (unintentionally).  This book has got EVERYTHING you could possibly think of in it - espionage, nazism, false identities, passionate romance, murder,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5973954">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a work of art.  There are messages about life that I never forgot.  You sense that Conroy has glimpsed the Divine in ways that I found compelling.  While his character is in Italy, you can literally smell the food in the allies where he lived.  When he is in South Carolina, you can smel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53002829">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I'd seen two movies, Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, which were based on two of Pat Conroy's novels, I'd never read a Conroy book, until I read Beach Music. I love this novel. <br/><br/>Set in South Carolina, Beach Music tells the story of several friends who grew up very differently ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73394184">more...</a>]]></body>
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