So, I'm finally coming to the conclusion of South of Broad by Pat Conroy. Leo and his friends finally go find Trevor, who is dying of AIDS. But, as this is going on, Sheba and Trevor's abusive father has been making threats of them. During all of this drama, Starla gets ahold of Leo and tells him that she aborted two children of hers that Leo would've been the father of. Leo then decides that it is definitely time for them to divorce one another and Starla is out of the picture. Sheba can not get herself to leave Charleston, and she stays with her dying mother. Trevor leaves and goes to live with Leo to try to survive. But, more bad news is sprung upon them and they find out that Sheba was murdered. The murderer was Sheba's own father, who during Hurricane Hugo, plans to kill Leo and the rest of his friends. But, instead, he drowns in the hurricane. Now, Trevor is quickly dying as well, Leo's mother is going back into an Abby to be a nun, and Leo has not spoken to his father. Eventually, all of Leo's problems pile up to over come him and he is recommended to go to a mental hospital. The book ends with Leo having dreams in the hospital of all of his dead friends telling him to keep living his life and try to start over.
Although this book was good, I felt as if it was a little too dramatic. It kept dragging on and on and new information was added on just about every few chapters. It was much different than the other books I've read, and I think it may have been a little to mature for me. It had a lot of religious references and high quality vocab that I was continuously unsure of.
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