Suddenly it seems as if everyone is reading The Help
by Kathryn Stockett. I avoided this book when it was at the top of the best selling lists and when the movie came out. I was not able to see the movie either. While everyone was raving about it, since it was marketed as being a "chick lit" book, I avoided it. I do like chick lit but not a lot of it so I tend to be a bit picky about the books I choose in that genre.
by Kathryn Stockett. I avoided this book when it was at the top of the best selling lists and when the movie came out. I was not able to see the movie either. While everyone was raving about it, since it was marketed as being a "chick lit" book, I avoided it. I do like chick lit but not a lot of it so I tend to be a bit picky about the books I choose in that genre.
It's too bad that this book was marketed in that genre, because I truly felt that this book is not a "light and breezy girl story" and is a substantial literary work. I was surprised at the depth of feeling it stirred in me. In short, I absolutely loved this book and at one point I could not put it down. The intensity of life in the south during segregation is so openly and clearly conveyed. The idiocy and hypocrisy of segregation is captured well with a dose of humor and humaneness that gives all the characters dignity.
I got this copy for 50 cents at my library. I will be giving it away to a friend who wants to read it.
