This was the April pick in my online book club, The Reading Cove. Think it was a good look inside the dynamic of black maids working for white families in the 1960's, but I felt it could've been at least 100 pages shorter; the middle was really long-winded. And the Ebonics were too inconsistent, to the point of being distracting/jarring at times as I read the story.
Aibilieen, Minny, and Skeeter worked together to write a "tell-all" book about the black/white domestic divide in Jackson, Mississippi, at great risk to everyone involved.
I found it poignant at times, and really felt sorry for Aibileen, losing her son. Skeeter was a dignified young woman and I liked that she remained faithful to the maids and never let them down. She was naive, but she was in her early twenties, so that's to be expected.
I got a bit annoyed with Skeeter for the way she allowed Hilly Holbrook to railroad her for much of the book, but I was glad when Skeeter finally showed some spine and stood up for herself!
Good story that leaves you thinking long after you've turned the last page. It ends as if a sequel was in mind...and that would be good, because I'd read it!
Aibilieen, Minny, and Skeeter worked together to write a "tell-all" book about the black/white domestic divide in Jackson, Mississippi, at great risk to everyone involved.
I found it poignant at times, and really felt sorry for Aibileen, losing her son. Skeeter was a dignified young woman and I liked that she remained faithful to the maids and never let them down. She was naive, but she was in her early twenties, so that's to be expected.
I got a bit annoyed with Skeeter for the way she allowed Hilly Holbrook to railroad her for much of the book, but I was glad when Skeeter finally showed some spine and stood up for herself!
Good story that leaves you thinking long after you've turned the last page. It ends as if a sequel was in mind...and that would be good, because I'd read it!
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