A review by brbooks
Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson

4.0

I found this book sweet, yet thrilling. Being from the south and a small town to boot, I felt like so much of this setting resonated with me. That and the crazy, but fiercely loyal family. This isn't the type of book I would have picked for myself but since my book club decided on it, I had too. Then I realized I was flying through it, which meant it was doing something right. I felt for Arlene, but my favorite character was Burr. He just seemed to good for everyone else. I thought the making the race relations in the south a secondary or even tertiary, topic of the book was an interesting call. It was there, but not enough to even warrant it being there. It seemed like it was jus there to be like: look I'm not racist. Which is fine: and I like diversity in books. It just seemed like an interesting aside. I've been feeling this way about a lot of books recently though, so maybe it's just me. This is a great , light summer read, and I completely see why it's a recommended book club read.