The Help

[DMerish]

I read The Help and saw the movie several years ago. I found the story interesting and enlightening!

 

[ClairBear226]

I haven't seen the movie yet. How did it compare to the book, DMerish? Sometimes they stick pretty close to the plot, and other times.... NOT.

 

[amethist]

I finished it yesterday.

A good read but a sad ending. Should have expected it though.

 

[KP the nut]

Oh nooooo. Still about half way through.

 

[amethist]

I will say no more except I missed downloading the film on Sky catch up by a day.

 

[KP the nut]

I finished it and enjoyed it. The ending was better than expected and it left me feeling as if the 'authors' were moving on with their lives for the better.

 

[Sweetpea76]

Makes you think twice about having the pie, eh? lol

 

[ClairBear226]

I'm about halfway through the re-read. I'm glad I decided to read it a second time. I'd forgotten how much I'd enjoyed it.

I was touched by the maids deciding to talk to Skeeter, despite the huge risk. This is a time before I was born (1968) and it helps me understand what things were like for blacks in the 60's. I lived in Cincinnati as a child, which was nowhere near Mississippi's league, but was a pretty biggotted town. My parents made comments about blacks that confused me. About half of my elementary school was black. Some I liked and some I didn't. But I remember getting flack for playing with a little girl named Cindy who was black, and lived up the street. My parents acted like she'd done something wrong, but wouldn't say what. As an adult, I understand why. It was because Cindy was black.

It's hard to see the perspective of a race that isn't your own. This book is a powerful one in that respect, to be sure. I'd like to think we've "grown the f*ck up" in this country. But my perspective doesn't mean much. And I honestly don't know if we have.

 

[ClairBear226]

I finished the book a few days ago, and just watched the movie. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a movie made from a book so much. There were a few departures from the detail in the book, but they stuck remarkably close to it. Loved it. I very much recommend both the book and the movie.

 

[StarChild]

Dear @KP the nut, I apologize, but I had to stop reading this book for now. It brought up a lot (bad stuff) from my and my family's past. I can't even explain why. :( I hope it is okay?.. But I bought the current read today (The Casual Vacancy), and started reading it.

 

[KP the nut]

Dear @KP the nut, I apologize, but I had to stop reading this book for now

@SweetLullaby (((SL))). No need to apologise. Read what you want, as you are able. I didn't finish The Life of Pi :whistling:.

 

[Sweetpea76]

Did it bother anybody else that the author wrote Aibileen in dialect? I do realize that it was the vernacular, but her character is supposed to be a good writer, and helps Skeeter edit. Didn't she say that she had wanted to be a teacher but had to stop school to go to work? It just bothers me that she was written like that... "you is kind" etc. It seems to me that somebody who is a writer wouldn't still speak like that, even if it was common.