I felt this book dragged and I only stayed with it because I was listening to it. I thought it would get better over the last few disks, but it didn't. I found the ending predictable. While the glimpse into a marriage was somewhat interesting, I wouldn't recommend it for others. The whole premise was too over-romanticized for my taste. ( )

When you read a Mary Alice Monroe book, be prepared to learn something. She'll spin a tale, filled with complex, but realistic characters, in a beautiful setting, but she'll also have some element of the tale that will probably help educate you a bit more about some aspect of life connected with her story. Since most of her books are set in my beloved lowcountry, I'm happy to expand my knowledge of the area and learn more about our lowcountry culture.

Last Light over Carolina is set just up the road a tad in McClellanville. Used to be, most folks from off didn't know about this little fishing village, but it's gotten better known in these days when the southeastern coast is a tempting spot of others to vacation. Back in 1989 (September 21, to be exact) a hurricane called Hugo rolled in there, covering our entire state with its winds, rain, and floods. This book takes place nineteen years later, pretty much over the course of one day. It centers on a shrimper and his wife, playing out the events of the day against a backdrop of memories.

I have to admit, that when I first saw the date of events in the novel, September 21, 2008, I knew exactly where I was that day (caring for my mother, after surgery), just as I knew exactly where I was on that fatefully day Hugo came a'callin'. Both dates changed my life, just as the events of the day in the novel changed the lives of Carolina and Bud. But, when bad things happen, people can often dig down into the well of their souls and come up with a courage they might not know they possessed.

This is a gentle tale of two people, their marriage and their family. It is not a story of perfection, and in that, it is perfect. Mary Alice Monroe moves the reader along a single day, from first light of morning, to the last light as the sun sets on the Carolina shore. And in the course of that day, I learned a little more about shrimpers, fishing, a town called McClellanville, and my beloved lowcountry. ( )

This book was boring as hell... there wasn't one character I gave a crap about and it was painful to read. ( )

Love this author, read the book in one day… yes, we had a snowy day and night in New England and this is what I love to do. I sit and read authors that write a really good book about somewhere in the Low Country and old homes and the beach and sea. Good book! ( )

Husband a shrimper goes out alone-wife ponders their marriage. Money trouble- daughter's marriage. Flashbacks of past. Very Good ( )