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I went into this book a bit skeptical. A young, white woman writing about the experiences of two black women in MS in 1963 just did not seem like it'd come out without being... offensive? trite? "The Help" is none of those things. Stockett deftly avoids making the South a caricature of itself.
Almost immediately I found myself pulling for all the characters. Even while my rational brain said "no way, no WAY this could've happened it's too easy, to quick" my emotional brain was right there in Ske ...more
Almost immediately I found myself pulling for all the characters. Even while my rational brain said "no way, no WAY this could've happened it's too easy, to quick" my emotional brain was right there in Ske ...more
Jul 20, 2011
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really liked it
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I'm usually turned off by books that receive a lot of hype, but this was a wonderful book. There were some nights where I was so stressed out reading it, even though it's not a mystery or suspense novel, the uncertainty and social anxiety was infectious. I'm looking forward to watching the movie although the girl cast as Skeeter is way too precious -- I was thinking more of a young Jodie Foster with crazy curly red hair. :)
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“The Help” was a perfectly enjoyable, readable book. But I have to agree with Jenny’s assessment of the book, which is that any book about the civil rights movement in the South shouldn’t feel like a beach read. The ending had a “Disney-fied” quality to it, and I just couldn’t see things wrapping up quite so neatly for the characters in real life. It was pleasant and quick moving, but something about it just didn’t sit right with me.
Excellent.
Jul 06, 2011
Erin
marked it as to-read
Aug 26, 2011
Lorena
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