Michelle M. (jade19721) reviewed on 4/24/2013 + 115 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Mudbound is one of those books that you enjoy, but you can only read so much at one given time or you get angry often. It deals with issues such as racism and PTSD. There is a whole cast of characters that piss you off except for a select few. It is set in The Mississippi Delta on a cotton farm after World War 2. You have a white family (Henry and Laura McAllen including Henry's severely racist father, Pappy)who owns the farm and a black family (Hap and Florence Jackson) who sharecrops there. They live in a town where racism runs as rampant as the Mississippi River does. Enter in the brother of Henry, Jamie McAllen and Ronsel Jackson, Hap and Florences son. Both boys have arrived home after having served overseas in WW2. Both boys are struggling to deal with ptsd and life back on the farm in the delta after all that they have went through.

There are a few incidents that occur that are horrific and everyone's lives are shattered by what occurs. I only felt sorry for the Jackson Family. What happened to them should have never happened and they did not deserve it. The McAllen's should have suffered some more if it were left up to me. Laura is so incredibly selfish that what she does in the end is never ever forgivable. Pappy met his match, but should have suffered a bit more in my opinion.

It's a good book, just be prepared for some serious injustices.

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