The Help

The Help by Kathryn Stockett is a book we read recently in my book club. After so long on the best seller list, it seemed like a book worth checking out. It is based in Mississippi in the early 60's and it is written from the perspective of a white woman detailing the plight of black maids at that time.

I did enjoy reading it. It held me and kept me wanting to find out what would happen next. However, on the whole the book was not entirely believable to me, nor were the characters. Our book club was split between who liked and and who didn't, but the discussion that ensued was as interesting and worthwhile as the book itself, and this I think is the beauty of this book. Everyone is talking about it, talking about rascism as it still exists everywhere, and for this I appreciate greatly what Kathryn Stockett has written.