Tiffany K. (tiffanyak) - , reviewed on 7/6/2010 + 215 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This is a pretty good book, with a very sad story, but I didn't think it was all that great. It's basically like the movie. Precious is an uneducated, racist, bigoted, foul-mouthed, and badly abused teenager who gradually tries to piece her life back together for herself and her children. The book is written as though it were written by her as her journal, and so can be hard to read at times. Really, while you have sympathy for her, you also start to want to smack her for the things she says about people. I understand that the point is to show how her hatred and biases work against her without her being able to see it, but I seriously started getting tired of it. So, yes, I felt sorry for what happened to her, but I don't know I'd be reaching out to help anyone who treated me that way. Which, obviously, is the point the author was trying to make. Precious would get a lot more help and do better if she treated others better.

Anyway, an okay book, but not one you really need to bother with if you already saw the movie, since they're virtually alike.

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