The Prince of Tides (1986)

Thanks to an update notification here, this book vaulted into my consciousness. I remember it well (read in the 1990s I think), more so than the subsequent movie which I didn't think was all that great.

Checking Wikipedia, I see they have the whole plot summarized so I won't get into such.

What came vividly to mind from the pages of the book was the tiger, the younger sister, why the MC was fired from his teaching job, the black widows, the escaped prisoners and their depravity. Quite a story with everything but the kitchen sink thrown in, and a wide variety of characters.

I remember it kept me entertained for a bit. Who will prompt the next recall from three quarters of a century of reading? ( )

Beautiful book. Great language. Good story line. ( )

Moving..magical....melodramatic. Conroy depicted a breathtaking portrait of the South Carolina low country, added a gripping story, and to this recipe added melodramatic prose and archaic and obscure adjectives. This took away from the other two but I still couldn't put it down! ( )

I couldn't wait to finish this book. I almost stopped reading several times. I hoped it would get better. I remember parts of the movie so I knew some of the story and really hoped I'd get into it. It does get better near the end. Sorry, but the endless droning about every little detail was bad. And Tom's endless rants tiresome. Savannah might be the most interesting character in the whole book but she's not around much. It's really too bad, as I've been on a "books made into mini series" reading list.
(in this case a movie). I read Lonesome Dove before this and it's fantastic. ( )

Monumental tocho que se deja leer como si no existieran las páginas. Cuadro costumbrista de la Carolina del Sur más tópica, a través de la historia y el presente de una familia. Maravilloso cuadro, grandísimo estilo, inmensa profundidad de los personajes. Todo en ella me gustó. ( )