Helpful Score: 4
When I first started this book I thought it sounded a bit too "Little House on the Prairie" style for me to enjoy. But, the story started to interest me and before long I was saying "just one more chapter" to myself. By the end of the book I felt as if I were holding my breath as I read the exciting end. I love the writing style, the characters and twist and turns in this book. I'm very glad I read it.
Helpful Score: 3
Finished reading this one last night - a very powerful story about a young girl's struggles growing up in rural Kentucky during the 1930s and 1940s. At first, the story seems to be a straight forward narrative about rural life in Kentucky including the hardships of surviving during the depression, issues regarding race and color, and family problems. But then the story evolves into a kind of mystery/thriller involving some very wicked people. I don't want to give away too much but this one kept me turning the pages right up to the surprising climax. I would give this one a strong recommendation.
Helpful Score: 2
I read a lot of books. Sometimes, when I'm not sure I want to finish a book, I skip to the back of the book and see what happened. With some books, this habit suffices, and I am able to finish reading the book and am satisfied with skipping the middle of it. With this book, things were a little different.
SPOILER ALERT - do not read further if you don't want to know a crucial detail of the book.
So, I'm reading along and I get the gist of things, kind of a sad story about a girl who didn't get too many breaks in life after her insane mother returned from the asylum when she was a pre-teen. Then, the father she loves passes away...so I'm reading it basically for the characters (this book has some interesting characters) and decide to skip ahead. Imagine my surprise when I turn randomly to a page that says something along the lines of ...and so I visited Pap in the prison...UM, HELLO? I thought he was dead. So of course I had to go back and read the whole thing. Yeah, it only took me a few more hours to finish the book. There's a whole mystery type thing going on in this book and it is worth the read!
Also read the little author mini-bio at the end. It sheds light on some of the characters and the direction of parts of the story. Bravo to the author for writing a multi-dimensional story. Very interesting read!
SPOILER ALERT - do not read further if you don't want to know a crucial detail of the book.
So, I'm reading along and I get the gist of things, kind of a sad story about a girl who didn't get too many breaks in life after her insane mother returned from the asylum when she was a pre-teen. Then, the father she loves passes away...so I'm reading it basically for the characters (this book has some interesting characters) and decide to skip ahead. Imagine my surprise when I turn randomly to a page that says something along the lines of ...and so I visited Pap in the prison...UM, HELLO? I thought he was dead. So of course I had to go back and read the whole thing. Yeah, it only took me a few more hours to finish the book. There's a whole mystery type thing going on in this book and it is worth the read!
Also read the little author mini-bio at the end. It sheds light on some of the characters and the direction of parts of the story. Bravo to the author for writing a multi-dimensional story. Very interesting read!
