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mfaith 's review for:
Gods in Alabama
by Joshilyn Jackson
My feelings were all over the place with this book. Mostly, though, I have to give it a three despite being intrigued by the storyline and many of the characters. I couldn't find empathy for the main character and her actions seemed slightly psychotic and dramatic, and all of the events were just too implausible; I believe it could have been written a bit more realistically and been more compelling that way. Also, I listened to the audiobook instead of reading the actual book, and I hated that random ambient music would come in and attempt to set the tone. I don't want music with my audiobooks unless the narrator or a character is literally singing a song, and I think I would have liked it more if I read it and used my own tones for the characters. It was also VERY triggering and descriptive of certain traumatic or inappropriate life events, which I didn't expect and which I don't think were necessary to that depth. In essence, it was an interesting story that carried me through the end, but it leaned too hard on emotional trigger points and southern stereotypes to pull itself through.