A review by mauvenotebook
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read this in 8th grade but didn't really understand it, so I thought I'd give it a re-read. Well, I still didn't really understand it at first, but it was really thought-provoking and I think I understand it better now. The best stories imo are A Good Man Is Hard to Find, The River, and The Displaced Person. The worst was The Artificial N-, which was dated, thought not as racist as you might suspect.

When the young boy first encounters a black person, he doesn't realize he's  black and doesn't start to hate him until his grandfather, who is the villain of the piece, tells him to hate him.