READ: 20.03.17 - 24.03.17
BOOK: The Help
AUTHOR: Kathryn Scott
GENRE: Historical Fiction
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Set in Jackson, Mississippi in 1962, the novel focuses around three characters: Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter. In a world where black maids raise white children, Aibileen is raising her seventeenth white child while nursing the hurt caused by her own child's death. Minny has to bite her tongue to avoid back talking and getting fired. And then there's white Miss Skeeter, home from college, and desperate to find out where her beloved maid left. Together Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter form an unlikely friendship.
REVIEW: I loved this book so much, and to me it felt like I was reading something more important than just a book. I was so moved, so inspired and so uplifted by this book. The characters are beautifully written and so loveable, and the plot never dulls despite the fact it's written in a somewhat dull world that surrounds a majority of these characters where change seems impossible at the start of the novel.
I loved the small details in the novel, I loved the whole of it. It was gripping and exciting, and I'm definitely going to be reading this again soon. It was one of those books I didn't want to end, I wanted to remain wrapped up in this world and see into these people's lives. I want to know more about the minor characters, about their lives and what happens next to all of them.
FINAL VERDICT: Yes. This book is just 100% yes. It's got it, it's got that thing in a book that I love.
RATING: 10/10
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