Saturday, June 15, 2013

July Book


South of Broad

by Pat Conroy


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Meeting: July 27
Karen's house for BBQ


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2 comments:

  1. Finished it! I think that makes three in a row. New leaf and all that.

    I love Conroy's writing about place, and then, how his characters feel like an extension of place -- landscape is destiny sort of thing.

    I found myself frustrated with the dialog in places. I just couldn't imagine the characters talking like this at times and I suspect some info-quote cramming. I was also frustrated by a pop-up quality to several important plot points. Not enough weaving those plot points backward in the novel to make them not seem almost seem unplanned, a little third-draft-ish.

    But the themes were good and the place and characters engaging.

    Hope I can manage a call-in for the meeting as I'll be out of town.

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