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Friday, August 5, 2011

Book Review - The Help

The Help


The summer is almost over, and I’ve only managed to read one of the books that I put on my list at the beginning of the summer.  If you're looking for suggestions for reading, you can still look at my summer reading list.  Of course, I read plenty of books that weren’t on the list, but the only one that I read from the list was The Help by Kathryn Stockett.    

I’d heard good things about the book for about a year before I read it.  Since it’s set in Jackson, Mississippi, and Kathryn Stockett is originally from there as well, I knew that I would have to read it eventually. 

I wasn’t certain what to expect when I first started reading the novel.  It’s a story told through the voices of three different women.  Two of them are black women who are working as help in homes of wealthier people, and the other is a white woman who is a part of this upper society. 

I think that the best parts of the book are the characters and the different voices that tell the story.  I can see why the book has become a bestseller, and I would definitely recommend reading it. 

There’s also a movie based on the book coming out on August 10th which I will be interested in watching.  I’m hoping this will be a case where the movie is as good as the book.  I do know that they filmed the movie in Mississippi, so I will be looking forward to seeing that part.

Enjoy your weekend!

3 comments:

  1. I'm late on this train but I'm getting ready to start reading this and then I have to see the movie. :-)
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  2. I still haven't managed to see the movie yet either, but I've been told that it's amazing.

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  3. This is a brave book and a serious one, but it is also lively, having its moments of lightness. Those of us who lived those years will want to read it and remember. Those who did not will want to read it and learn that, yes, once that really was the way things were.
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