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A review by kittycat2302
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5.0
Excellent novel! I saw the movie first (because I'm extremely picky about book-to-movie adaptations), and as it turned out, the movie did an excellent job of things! A couple of interesting changes (particularly the whole part with Constantine and why she was fired) but the heart of the book was the heart of the movie, and that heart was wonderful. I was also glad to read Stockett's own account of her life with a maid growing up there at the end, and her acknowledgement that she could never ever know what it was really like to be a black woman working for a white family.
The book didn't have quite the emotional impact I expected, but that might have been because I'd seen the movie or because I was reading it while quite sick, but it was still an awesome book. :)
The book didn't have quite the emotional impact I expected, but that might have been because I'd seen the movie or because I was reading it while quite sick, but it was still an awesome book. :)