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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Heartfelt, humorous story about a teenage boy and his grandfather with a cast of gossiping town folk. I appreciated the relationship, which deals with questions of faith, love and growing up. While it’s reflective of a southern postbellum town, I couldn’t help thinking that the racial dynamic wasn’t really explored, except in casual reference and in one of Miss Love’s discussions with Will regarding why the servants drink out of Mason jars. Great story.
Read this years ago, but just re-read while listening to the audio. The story was so enriched because of the Southern accent.
Written 5/2000: Set in a small Southern town in 1906. About a boy and his grandfather finding themselves and finding their family. Also shows the importance of doing what you want instead of worrying what others are going to think.
I absolutely adored this book. Frankly, I want to pick it up and read it straight through again. The character development was unreal, but the story itself was what made me love it. Boy Howdy, Will Tweedy shore know how ta tell them stories!
I highly recommend this book and am so happy it was recommended to me by many people.
I highly recommend this book and am so happy it was recommended to me by many people.
I don't know how this book escaped me before. It's wonderful. Will Tweedy may be the best fictional character ever, made only more better by the fact that Neil Patrick Harris played him in the movie version.
I was not really a fan of this book. It was ok. It just seemed to take me forever because I could not get into the characters or the story.
I enjoyed this in spite of myself. It's too charming. It lends me some appreciation of my grandparents era and their state of mind, and the characters feel like family.
I loved the small town Southern vibe. It was hilarious, but also dealt with some hard themes (death, faith, racism, classicism). It took me a while to read because I read a chapter at a time, but it was not a hard read. One of my new favorites! Would read again!
This was such a great book. If you like Jack Gantos's book Deadend to Norvelt then you will love Cold Sassy. It is told from the perspective of a 14 year old boy living in the south in the early 1900s. The book has scandal after scandal each funny in their own way. It's also a great peek into how times were in the south. Such a great book and must read.