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Summary: Simply incredible; a true masterpiece.
Review: Clearly Conroy's greatest work, "Tides" uses the stunning characterization of Lila Wingo to portray Conroy's own mother, Peg, and her effects on her children. Another major theme is the stiffling social structure of the South and the role it played in Conroy's mother's life. This is a touching book written by one of the few literary geniouses of our time.
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Summary: Be glad with what you have
Review: I do not believe that there is anybody out there who has read The Prince of Tides who would not agree that it is extremely powerful and moving book. The book is unique in that it gives people a sense of what it is like to live below the Mason-Dixon line, something most northerners do not understand, or they have misconceptions of life in rural South Carolina. There are very few books which somebody could read and when they are done feel that the situations that occured could really happen. But that is the sense I got from The Prince of Tides, that while the book says non-fiction, it could very well have been reality. Some of the events which occured might be far fetched, but the reader must realize that in the North those events might seem impossible, in the rural South, they could very well be possible. The most important part of reading Pat Conroy's The Prince of Tides, is that the book should make you stop and realize how good your life really is and how bad others have it. I came away from the book having a new appreciation for the things I have, and realizing how fortunate I am. Other material things I used to place a high value on, seem less important now. It takes a powerful book to do that.
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Summary: The sad truth that goes on behind closed doors.
Review: The Prince of Tides is a dramatic book of a family's fight for happiness. An emotional roller coaster that illistrated a struggle through thick and thin. If any family has been through it all it is the Wingo's. It was a book that is very enjoyable and easy to read. A book that you will never want to put down. The unexpected happend and it made it that much better. Rmantic and funny the book was amazing. I highly recomend this book to anyone looking for a good book to read. Though some parts of the book were hard to follow and you do not know what is going on, things come together and you can not believe what you are reading. I am so glad that this book was offered as a reading choice. I am intrested in reading other books by the author because the Prince of Tides was so good.
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Summary: One of those "can't put it down" books
Review: This book is a dance around and through the outer and inner lives of a family bound in pain, abuse and love by dysfunctionality. This is the story of a man (a coach) whose broken childhood has finally caught up with him and threatens to devour him, destroying his outwardly idyllic life. It is only when he's forced to confront the ghosts of that childhood in the process of helping his poetic sister's psychiatrist understand why she attempts suicide, that he feels the pain he has so successfully hidden away. We get to eavesdrop as he walks through that painful past, and see the present change, as his life begins to take form and he begins to learn to love again. Conroy is such a master with words that one cannot help but re-read some sentences twice, simply to enjoy them again. The book is seductive.
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Summary: The Greatest Book of all Time
Review: Never has a book has such an inpact as this brilliant, beautiful tale. I was completely transported to the Street of Tides and the mkarshes of South Carolina. The tragedies and triumphs were expressed so amazingly, and the prose was so lyrical. The romance was wonderful, although my favorite part is the relationships between Tom, Luke and Savannah. The movie is excellent in it's own way, it's impoosible to turn this masterpice into a two hour film. Pat Conroy is a genius, and his outlandish situations (the bengal tiger) and outrageous charachters have a huge lasting impact. There's so much to learn from this book. It's a long read, but I never want it to end. This is a book to read and study over and over, and I think it's the best novel ever written.
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Summary: Prince of Tides Conroy,P
Review: Pat Conroy captures the quite a unique view of the mentally insane and this character has become this way. Basically there is two paragraphs in the whole book that need to be remembered, these paragraphs are explained in full force throughout this compelling novel. MUST READ
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Summary: Conroy's use of language is most compelling.
Review: I loved the Price of Tides! I recently finished reading it for the second time, so I could slowly savor the characters and the smells of growing up in the lowcountry of South Carolina. I found the three main characters Tom, Savanah, and Luke most compelling. I throughly enjoyed Conroy's use of language. I liked the movie starring Steisand and Nolte but my wish is someone reads the book and makes it again. The story is so rich there were far to many things left out in the movie. I will read the book again in the future, it is like visiting old friends.
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Summary: BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN!
Review: "The Prince of Tides" is one of the most well-written books I have encountered. Having never read one of Conroy's novels, "the Prince" made me want to read others--and FAST! Conroy's imagery, as well as vivid story-telling ability hooks the reader in the first page or so. Excellent! Would recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: Emotionally Powerful
Review: Conroy's superb work on characterization in the novel allows his readers to share in the many experiences of the Wingo childeren. There are so many emotionally charged scenes that penetrate into the readers heart, allowing him to feel the overwhelming pain or pride felt by the characters. One can feel the excitement as Luke, Tom, and Savannah race back to Colleton, trying to save Snow the white porpoise, as well as the turbo-charged battle rage when the football team rallies under the roar of the tiger, Caesar. The reader becomes a part of the stroy and lives through the memories of the narrator as he recalls a painful, poignant childhood.
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Summary: A pyschoanalytical discussion onTrailer Park Trash
Review: This author writes like a five year old who just got a dictionary and thesarus combo pack for Christmas. If he wasn't so concerned about using the biggest words possible to articulate the characters vomit-inducing, over-reacting emotions, then maybe, just maybe he could have come up with a slightly more interesting storyline. Rather he chose to talk and talk and talk about Southern white trash as though it were something totally new and foreign to an audience who has seen enough of this crap on "Cops in Alabama". This novel on the other hand would make a great coaster.
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