tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post8725424220016763031..comments2024-03-17T13:13:58.214-07:00Comments on Blue-Hearted Bookworm: The Help - Kathryn StockettBybeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-50414895758736184912011-06-30T09:15:18.124-07:002011-06-30T09:15:18.124-07:00I'm not sure this is exactly what Other Jenny ...I'm not sure this is exactly what Other Jenny is saying, but I am really over Whitey Saves the World books and movies, and that includes To Kill a Mockingbird. (There is not one single real-life example of a white person intervening to stop a lynching in the South.) So I don't think I'll read this one.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-50178442226065549392011-06-26T16:50:18.059-07:002011-06-26T16:50:18.059-07:00What a terrific, refreshing review! I loved it!
...What a terrific, refreshing review! I loved it! <br /><br />I never much got under SAFWBW -- at least post Flannery O'Conner -- so I can't say that I am over it. But The Help didn't catch my fancy. I was afraid to say so, though, since everyone seemed to be smitten. Now maybe I'll speak up. <br /><br />Thanks!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-77120905828898375782011-06-26T07:02:09.169-07:002011-06-26T07:02:09.169-07:00I'm not over what you're over, but I am mi...I'm not over what you're over, but I am miles and miles over fiction written by white women about the experiences of black women in slavery and Jim Crow eras of American history. Ugh. (And I say this, of course, with great self-righteousness and without having read The Help. :p)Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-74996042429956281352011-06-25T12:03:41.664-07:002011-06-25T12:03:41.664-07:00But, but, but...what about Mudbound?? Sure, it'...But, but, but...what about Mudbound?? Sure, it's Southern fiction, but it's darker than The Help. Much darker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-24851842407336025912011-06-25T01:29:23.051-07:002011-06-25T01:29:23.051-07:00LOL I love Southern fiction in theory, but I'm...LOL I love Southern fiction in theory, but I'm positive I wouldn't love The Help. I suspect my reaction would be much like yours, and this whole post made me happy!Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-73288622901931947812011-06-24T15:30:52.775-07:002011-06-24T15:30:52.775-07:00I have resisted reading this one because it seemed...I have resisted reading this one because it seemed that everyone was reading it and I always want to wait awhile before I join the crowd. Thank you for such an honest review. I'm not sure I will rush to read the book but I will definitely plan to read the book before I see the movie.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-2711839577081845942011-06-24T10:17:16.374-07:002011-06-24T10:17:16.374-07:00I did enjoy this book, but was not over thrilled w...I did enjoy this book, but was not over thrilled with it as most of the general public seemed to be. What I enjoyed the very most in this book was the back of the book where the author listed all of her resources/references. Now that looked like some interesting reading to me!Sue F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15784595421535239536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-39031047994804713242011-06-24T08:44:13.984-07:002011-06-24T08:44:13.984-07:00I do like this type of fiction so it was a disappo...I do like this type of fiction so it was a disappointment not to like this one. I actually intended writing a long review about why exactly I disliked the book - although in a way it was more the print reviews I had a beef with because they built it up as the new Mockingbird which was way off IMO. But that kind of review is such a chore to write and I let it slide. So I'm glad to learn from yours that I'm not the only book blogger who didn't love The Help!Miss Moppethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05712153554458139838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-55406708665535198392011-06-23T18:35:59.967-07:002011-06-23T18:35:59.967-07:00Bybee, dear reader, I thank you. I've been avo...Bybee, dear reader, I thank you. I've been avoiding this book like the plague ever since it hit it big, and now you've told me why. I.Am.Vindicated. Phew. No need to muscle through it. Ever.Unruly Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06269889689990923227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-2315585609327730532011-06-23T15:36:44.638-07:002011-06-23T15:36:44.638-07:00Ha! I've been over SAFWBW for a while, perhaps...Ha! I've been over SAFWBW for a while, perhaps ever since The Secret Life of Bees, which I liked just fine but wasn't in raptures over. But I'm just done with the folksy voices and women named Skeeter. Thanks for confirming my gut instinct not to read The Help. It sounds like exactly what I thought it would be, and that ain't good!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604938.post-75626896298741152622011-06-23T10:34:41.138-07:002011-06-23T10:34:41.138-07:00I don't know if I'm completely over SAFWBW...I don't know if I'm completely over SAFWBW yet, but I've been inclined to skip The Help. The reviews (and there is always the exception, eh, Bybee?) have been so...zealous.<br /><br />Now, I'm pretty sure that it won't make my reading list. Man, I hate that big brass spitton (quite a bit of that in the latest Kurt Wallender). First, you are pleased to catch it as you say, but when the author has so little respect for you to keep on and on and on with the hints, well, that IS insulting.<br /><br />As usual, you make me laugh. I'm putting this down as a classic review of a book I don't want to read! You Rock!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com