![]() ![]() The main character is so smugly "enlightened", even as a teenager, that you want nothing more than to smack him upside his self righteous head. Okay, we get it, this is about Racial Harmony and Gay Tolerance and Survivors of Childhood Trauma. Worst of all is the preachy tone of the whole novel. It not only doesn't ring true, but totally detracts from the story. These are teenagers speaking the words of sophisticated script writers. ![]() Conroy is obviously trying to reproduce the kind of witty repartee you see on Friends but it just doesn't work here. Give your readers some credit, you don't have to hit them over the head with every imaginable twist on family dysfunction all in one book.Įmbarrassingly unbelievable dialogue. I can't even cover all the gimmicks Conroy throws into this plot. Where to start? Implausible plot elements. But now Conroy has taken the "dysfunctional South Carolina family" formula and beaten it into the ground. ![]() The Great Santini and the Prince of Tides are modern classics. ![]()
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