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Title: a little disjointed
Review: I read this book at the suggestion of several friends, who thought it was Conroy's best. I'd just finished "Beach Music," which I feel is much more developed and well-rounded. This book, with many similarities to "Beach Music" (both in characters and in setting), seems to be more of a rough draft of the book that Conroy later wrote.There were many scenes that were Big Scenes -- deaths, rape, violence -- and then the chapter would end and it was on to the next adventure, with little or nothing said later to tie the loose threads together.Perhaps it does take a military background to truly appreciate the book, and while the language is (as in all of Conroy's books) beautifully written, the overall story didn't hook me.
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