Gods in Alabama in Around the World in 80 Books

Apr 12, 2017 Ginger rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-literature, southern

I loved this book. I don't recommend it. It was well-written, well-plotted, but boy was it salty. A healthy dose of language and the story was gritty, but it was beautifully twisty.

The characters and story warranted the salty elements, but anyone who would enjoy a good mystery about a girl who left the South and never looked back might less like some of the other elements this was peppered with.

I loved Burr, but disliked most of the other characters (I think the author's point, but). Still, now ...more

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Apr 16, 2010 Laura (booksnob) rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2010, chick-lit

THERE ARE GODS in Alabama: Jack Daniel's, high school quarterbacks, trucks, big tits and also Jesus. This is the first sentence in Joshilyn Jackson's first novel, gods in Alabama. The first sentence in a novel is as important as your first kiss, it should be memorable and impress upon you the need to want more. More good writing that is! OK and Kisses too. This book contains good southern writing and humor, lots of kisses, a murder and plenty of Jack Daniels thrown in. For a full review check ou ...more

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Jul 13, 2007 Agatha Donkar Lund rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-about-the-south, fiction, 2007

Not as engaging as Between, Georgia, and I had some problems with the quick resolution of the inherent conflict as well as with Jackson's flashback structure of storytelling; this book doesn't deal with race as well as I wish it had, but Jackson's prose still shines and Arlene and Burr are engaging, beautifully flawed characters. Their relationship -- not Arlene's relationship with her family -- was at the center of this novel for me, and while I enjoyed it, I wish the family relationships had b ...more

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Aug 13, 2009 Erin (NY) rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, read-in-2010

I liked the book ok. I liked the mystery aspect of it. Throughout the whole book you know what happened, but you don't quite know how it happened. i liked the relationship with the aunt as well. The thing that I thought could have been better is the description of the south. Instead, it is more about specific people. ...more

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Dec 22, 2007 Kat (A Journey In Reading) rated it really liked it

Shelves: owned-books

This book had me laughing one minute and wondering what the hell the next. I loved the characters in it...especially Aunt Florence....I am from Alabama and I probably have an Aunt Florence in my family!!

Parts of the "southern" things were a little exaggerated...but it was a really good book. ...more

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