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ellementary's review
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
hollyhobbit101's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
jonahbane's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
teacherlovesbeauty's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this book! My emotions varied all throughout. Could not put it down! I am afraid to see the movie...
capriciousbroad's review
5.0
Really good book! It made me laugh, feel sad and taught me so much, including morals. What more could you ask for from a book?
moeax83's review
3.0
I enjoyed reading this book. The Help had good characters. I just felt that the book did not have good climax.
melyann123's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
readingpisces's review against another edition
3.0
The Help written by Kathryn Stockett was first published in 2009. My copy had been given to me by a friend after I had watched and loved the movie adaption in 2011. It has taken me a long time to actually pick up said book since I don't usually read books after seeing its adaption, however with this one I made an exception which I'm grateful for.
The story is a pretty easy one. It's 1963 in Jackson Missisipi, when we meet our three protagonists. Aibileen, Minni and Skeeter. The first 2 beeing black women, who work as maids for wealthy privileged white families. As one can expect in the time, they are beeing treated poorly. The last one, Skeeter is a young white woman aspring to become a writer. As time goes on Skeeter decides to write the story that Aibileen's son wanted to write. A book full of interviews of black maids on what it is like to work fir these white families.
As I already talked about I love the story, however there are a few things that I didn't particularly get on with. I feel like the story is a good one but lacked in the execution. I absolutely am not a fan of the voice the black women were given. I don't understand the choice that was made here. The story already showed the reader that black people didn't have the same opportunities as whites had. It is talked about in the book, so why did anyone feel the need to use the dialect as a way of communication. On top of that I think the book could have used a bit more editing in regards to the boyfriend, who's name I have forgotten. He brought absolutly nothing to the story.
So all in all I have to say I liked the book and am happy to have read it. This, however is one of the cases where I find the movie adaption to be better than its source material. I also don't remember language to be so much of an issue in the movie. ( I have seen the German dubbed version.)
The story is a pretty easy one. It's 1963 in Jackson Missisipi, when we meet our three protagonists. Aibileen, Minni and Skeeter. The first 2 beeing black women, who work as maids for wealthy privileged white families. As one can expect in the time, they are beeing treated poorly. The last one, Skeeter is a young white woman aspring to become a writer. As time goes on Skeeter decides to write the story that Aibileen's son wanted to write. A book full of interviews of black maids on what it is like to work fir these white families.
As I already talked about I love the story, however there are a few things that I didn't particularly get on with. I feel like the story is a good one but lacked in the execution. I absolutely am not a fan of the voice the black women were given. I don't understand the choice that was made here. The story already showed the reader that black people didn't have the same opportunities as whites had. It is talked about in the book, so why did anyone feel the need to use the dialect as a way of communication. On top of that I think the book could have used a bit more editing in regards to the boyfriend, who's name I have forgotten. He brought absolutly nothing to the story.
So all in all I have to say I liked the book and am happy to have read it. This, however is one of the cases where I find the movie adaption to be better than its source material. I also don't remember language to be so much of an issue in the movie. ( I have seen the German dubbed version.)