Brooke's review
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
Brooke's review
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Brooke's review
rating:
I wrote this review shortly after reading the book:
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
I saw this book on Bill's bookshelf, and thought..what the hell. I've been wanting to see the movie, why not read the book first? John Berendt is well-known for his writing style in which he takes a real places and real people and turns them into a novel of observation, and changes the names and sequences of events. I didn't really catch onto this until about part way through. Honestly, from what I'd heard about the movie, I was surprised at the realism of the book. Maybe I shouldn't have been, but I always thought of it as a dramatic and fanciful film, but I guess I was wrong. The book was interesting to me, because it gave a portrayal of a southern city, Savannah, that has a stubborn, prideful way of "sticking to the old ways". It was also good at protraying people of all classes, not just the rich and powerful, but also the crazy drag queens, aristocratic bums, and voodoo makers...more
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
I saw this book on Bill's bookshelf, and thought..what the hell. I've been wanting to see the movie, why not read the book first? John Berendt is well-known for his writing style in which he takes a real places and real people and turns them into a novel of observation, and changes the names and sequences of events. I didn't really catch onto this until about part way through. Honestly, from what I'd heard about the movie, I was surprised at the realism of the book. Maybe I shouldn't have been, but I always thought of it as a dramatic and fanciful film, but I guess I was wrong. The book was interesting to me, because it gave a portrayal of a southern city, Savannah, that has a stubborn, prideful way of "sticking to the old ways". It was also good at protraying people of all classes, not just the rich and powerful, but also the crazy drag queens, aristocratic bums, and voodoo makers...more
