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SIGH. do you hear that? a big old SIGH. i loved prince of tides but i did read it 20 years ago. i tried BEACH MUSIC but found the story, as well as the writing, immature and sophomoric. i gave up. so when i heard about SOUTH OF BROAD, i was ecstatic. previews were promising. a saga about family with a backdrop of the city conroy so clearly adores, charleston. and when it began, it was wonderful. no one can TELL a story and create such a sense of southern despair like conroy. but again, SIGH, per
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Made me want to check out Charleston, SC on vacation. My first Pat Conroy novel and I really enjoyed it. Interesting characters who sucked me into their stories. The novel mingles many stereotyped characters and kept the reality of their interactions fairly true to life. I gladly bought into some of what I felt were unrealistic ties because the story lines were thought-provoking and the main character a man I rooted for throughout the novel.
I didn’t realize how much I liked Pat Conroy’s latest novel, South of Broad until I had actually finished reading it. I am going to miss all of the colorful characters who happened to live in Charleston, South Carolina and attend Peninsula High. Although many of them were troubled individuals and had their flaws, I grew to love each one of them. www.Fridaymorningbookclub.com
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Having fallen in love with Charleston a couple years ago, reading this book was like visiting an old friend. Drinking, eating, enjoying the beauty. Conroy did the city justice a thousand times over.
Could have been brillant - the intro for example was. But much of the plot was unbelievable - and the use of "tongue in cheek" sarcasm was a bit overused.
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Oct 26, 2009
Lisa
marked it as to-read
