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A review by letstalkaboutbooksbaybee
One Mississippi by Mark Childress
4.0
I'm still not entirely sure what to rate this one.
I got this book in a sort of grab bag of books for Christmas. I went into it completely blind. Reading the blurb on the cover made me think it was just going to be a short and sweet coming of age story of a teenage boy in 1970s Mississippi. I've never heard of this book, much less the author. I didnt have high hopes.
And it was a coming of age story. And so much more.
Part of me wanted to rate it quite low. The beginning really dragged on, and it took me a while to get into my groove with this. The main character, Daniel, isnt super likeable. He's actually just sort of a means to narrate the story most of the time. Things just kinda happen to him.
Towards the middle, things started to pick up. It was nice. It dealt with racial equality, it dealt with dysfunctional families, and a sprinkle of small town homophobia. What more could you want in a book?
The ending though. Things went from 0 to 100 REAL QUICK.
SO unexpected. And its the ending that makes me want to rate it higher.
I think I'll settle with a 3.5 stars. I do feel like it was a bit dragging, and that the ending was a bit rushed.
A nice little surprise of a book though.
I got this book in a sort of grab bag of books for Christmas. I went into it completely blind. Reading the blurb on the cover made me think it was just going to be a short and sweet coming of age story of a teenage boy in 1970s Mississippi. I've never heard of this book, much less the author. I didnt have high hopes.
And it was a coming of age story. And so much more.
Part of me wanted to rate it quite low. The beginning really dragged on, and it took me a while to get into my groove with this. The main character, Daniel, isnt super likeable. He's actually just sort of a means to narrate the story most of the time. Things just kinda happen to him.
Towards the middle, things started to pick up. It was nice. It dealt with racial equality, it dealt with dysfunctional families, and a sprinkle of small town homophobia. What more could you want in a book?
The ending though. Things went from 0 to 100 REAL QUICK.
SO unexpected. And its the ending that makes me want to rate it higher.
I think I'll settle with a 3.5 stars. I do feel like it was a bit dragging, and that the ending was a bit rushed.
A nice little surprise of a book though.