The Help By Katheryn Stockett

So for my first review on this blog I recently just finished The Help which most people I'm sure would just rather go and see the movie then expand their mind and read the book. So as not to ruin it for those (or just me for the moment) who have not read or seen the movie I really did like the book. I thought it was a little hard to get into at first solely because of the writing style but once you get past the initial few chapters it really grabs you and I think is a very nice story about women of the south in the late 1960's during the civil rights movement. I don't think that it is a book to change the ideas of what went on, only a scratch to the surface of a huge topic. I loved the characters of the maids, Minny being my favorite. I do really think that it is a reminder of how different our country was not that long ago. Being that I am 27 and from California I truly take for granted the fact that we as a nation have come so far from where we were about 40 years ago. Truth be told I finished the book about 2 weeks ago and it is late and I am tired so forgive this crappy review, I promise they will get better.