Review: The Help
Officiell recension - Bookreporter.com - Eileen Zimmerman NicolIt is 1962 in Jacksonville, Mississippi. The times may be changing, but not fast enough for three women, two black and one white, in this town where the lines between the races are so rigid they don't need to be voiced. Aibileen has raised 17 white children in her various maid jobs, but recently she lost her own grown son. Her younger friend Minny's sassy mouth has cost her so many positions that ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Lynna - Goodreads3.5 stars. This is a really hard book for me to rate. If I had written this book a couple months ago, I would have given it a 5/5, without a doubt. The writing is very well done, it had plenty of ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Kat Lowe - GoodreadsI liked this more than To Kill a Mockingbird. And that was a shock. I read this story out of curiosity, fully expecting it to be yet another Oprah list book that wallowed in the Victimhood Experience ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Mel Campbell - GoodreadsI read this after I asked my Facebook friends to suggest pop-cultural examples of wardrobe malfunctions. I'd seen the film, which sits in an uneasy spot between Steel Magnolias and The Blind Side. Put ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Klasko - GoodreadsThis book put into words the mostly impassable chasm between blacks and whites during the Jim Crow era in the South. It is an eye opening look at attitudes among blacks, particularly black maids, and ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Chaymâa Belyamani - GoodreadsBeautiful. Just beautiful! This book is leaving me speechless. I thought that maybe if I write a review a day after, I'll be more able to put my feelings into words but it doesn't seem to be working ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Linda Alexander - GoodreadsIn my humble opinion, the subject of this book/movie was an excellent one and something that piques all of our minds as to what really transpired with the black servants in the South. I first saw the ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Leslie - GoodreadsThis book came to me by happy accident, lent by a Finnish friend who said I should read it because I'm American. Set in the Deep South just as racial integration was beginning to take hold, this tale ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Deena - GoodreadsPicture this scene: I'm about 50 pages away from completing this book, standing over the stove flipping my kids dinner. (It was grilled cheese sandwiches. We always live life large when my nose is in ... Läs hela recensionen
Review: The Help
Användarrecension - Mark - GoodreadsI loved it, sorry, but I really did. It is heartwarming and heartbreaking and a bit heart attack inducing when you encounter some of the characters who deserve nothing less than a big kick up their ... Läs hela recensionen
