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The Help by Kathryn Stockett
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved loved loved this book! Once I started reading, it was hard to stop!

It’s about what it was like for black maids to work for white families in Mississippi in the 60s. I liked the 3 main characters whose point of views the story was told from. The chapters written in the dialect didn’t bother me, and that kind of thing usually does bother me. I like the way the story unfolds with a good mix of seriousness and humor. I got really nervous at times and couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen.

I know one of the reasons I enjoyed the book was that it’s set in and around my hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. I recognized a lot of the areas that were mentioned. It sucks to think that things were that bad just 50 years ago. The story begins about 16 years before I was born. A lot has changed and a lot still needs to change.

It’s a great book. Check it out if you haven’t already. I’ll probably be watching the movie sometime this week.