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A review by fulltimefiction
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
3.0
this book was okay, it was interesting but also too depressing or at least trying to be. I liked the overall story but it didn't mean anything to me. I honestly just expected people to die at any given moment at one point. One would think I'd get lots of feelings from that... I didn't. It's like watching a sad movie and knowing you should be affected but you just can't. While I felt sympathetic towards the character, that was pretty much it.
The narration was good and the book was easy to follow. If you're into audiobooks and wondering about this book, then I say go for it. A different narrator read Belle's pov so it was pretty easy to distinguish it from Lavinia's (even if it was a lot less).
I honestly haven't read many books about this period in USA's history but this book didn't offer new information/something I didn't know already (even as a non-American). Belle's part interested me a lot and even Lavinia's wasn't bad but then what she did in the second part of the book disappointed me and I wasn't a fan of her new habit. Felt out of character. The same thing for Marshell, his character development didn't make much sense to me especially his attitude towards the slave who helped him repeatedly when no one else did.
Nonetheless, it was good for the most part even if I wasn't emotionally attached to the characters or that invested in their story. I'll definitely consider reading Grissom's books in the future too.
The narration was good and the book was easy to follow. If you're into audiobooks and wondering about this book, then I say go for it. A different narrator read Belle's pov so it was pretty easy to distinguish it from Lavinia's (even if it was a lot less).
I honestly haven't read many books about this period in USA's history but this book didn't offer new information/something I didn't know already (even as a non-American). Belle's part interested me a lot and even Lavinia's wasn't bad but then what she did in the second part of the book disappointed me and I wasn't a fan of her new habit. Felt out of character. The same thing for Marshell, his character development didn't make much sense to me especially his attitude towards the slave who helped him repeatedly when no one else did.
Nonetheless, it was good for the most part even if I wasn't emotionally attached to the characters or that invested in their story. I'll definitely consider reading Grissom's books in the future too.