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South of Broad by Pat Conroy6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Enough, already - tell us a story! We don't need the endless stream of one-liners. There was way too much emphasis on the fact that some were black and some white, way too much ostantatious acceptance of Trevor's sexuality (What? were you afraid we wouldn't get it, so it had to be laid on with a trowel?) But overall, all that witty byplay just got tiring. I also disliked the never ending chatty banter among this group of whatever-may-happen,we-always-hang-together friends. It didn't take long at all before I was all-full-up with listening to Leo's pious and perfect responses to whatever bad stuff came his way - and an awesome amount of bad stuff it was. No gay man could ever be as marvelously talented, creative, tolerant and all-around perfect as Trevor. ![]() The biggest problem was that the cookie-cutter "good" characters never rang true - no human is (or ever has been) as saintly as Leo. I didn't have a problem with the narrator as some did, although the grating mispronounciation of "Herb Caen" - aauuuuggggghhhh - over and over was annoying. If it had been almost any author other than Conroy, I no doubt would have. But bottom line: several times, I nearly quit listening. I'm a real Pat Conroy fan, so this was a book I looked forward to listening to - in fact, I saved it for a time when I could really enjoy it. ![]()
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