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The Prince Of Tides is brilliant for keenly definable characters, tremendous wordsmanship, and introduces you to the Southern family dynamic, like it or not! It leaves you oscillating between despair for the lost lives of lowcountry childhoods, and exhilaration and celebration of living life without letting the past rule the day. You will laugh and cry. In the book, Pat Conroy gives tribute to Coach John McKissick of Summerville, South Carolina. Although it is only a fleeting mention, Conroy introduces readers to this high school football coach who began his career in 1952 at Summerville High School, and is still on the job today. The Prince Of Tides will make you remember the family Wingo. The descriptive writing of Conroy will have you longing to sit on the porch with a tall glass of Aunt Jackie's sweet tea with the Carolina sun kissing your face. This book about a damaged southern family belongs on every bookshelf! The characters are so vividly portrayed and the scenes are so descriptive. You can nearly see the azaleas exploding in their spring tribute, and almost smell the sweet elm and wisteria dancing in the sweet southern air. There is some graphic imagery that can leave you hollow. The Prince Of Tides is highly recommended reading.Read full review
I read "The Prince of Tides" because I liked "The Great Santini." Tides starts a bit slowly the first chapter or two, but once I got going, it was hard to lay down. There are slower spots throughout the book, but the dynamite in between is mind blowing! As with all of Conroy's writing, I had to get past the language, which is pretty profane and vulgar at times. Tides gets more into the psyche of Conroy and his family, especially his sister. (Although fiction, it's still autobiographical.) So it gets pretty dark at times. Although the father in Santini is abusive to his family, the father in Tides is worse. A very mean and controlling man. As usual, Conroy paints pictures with words in a way I've never seen another writer do. I gave up trying to look up all the words I didn't know or I'd have spent half my time in the dictionary. I don't think he's doing it to show off his vast vocabulary. I plan to read "The Lords of Discipline," "My Losing Season," and "The Water is Wide," all of which I bought on ebay.Read full review
This is an old book I finally got to read. You can’t put it down once you start. Beautifully written!
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Great reading again after 20+ years
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I feel this book should have been retired. It’s very worn with yellow pages.
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