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bac9599 's review for:
The Great Santini
by Pat Conroy
I didn't love this one as much as Prince of Tides and Beach Music. I had hard time reading it for a few reasons. One is that I found the characters of Bull and Marianne to be somewhat annoying. They are both just people I would never want to be around. Second, I felt like I was on pins and needles every time the family seemed to be kinda picking at Bull. I felt like he was going to blow at any moment, and I just wanted them to stop. I guess that's the mark of a good storyteller that he could make me feel so involved that I was uncomfortable. It was a good story and well told. I've read that although Pat Conroy's father didn't like being portrayed in this book that Pat really saw it more as a love letter to his father. After finishing the book, it does come across that way.