The Help

[elehhhhna]

Good? Bad? meh?

Shoudl I spend the time?

[CurtEastPoint]

1. I've seen a divergence of opinion on here but...

having been raised in the 50's South and seen this in real life, I recommend the book and the movie, heartily.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. I enjoyed the book,

and I didn't feel as if I have wasted my time reading it. I even suggested it to others, and I rarely do that....but I rarely find a book that I find good enough to have bothered and don't want to subject others to it.

I also saw the movie, and was surprised to have enjoyed it too, but it was so much less than the book. And having read the book, I felt that I was at an advantage since they skimmed over so much that the book covered.

So I suggest it as worth your time if you enjoy reading.

[Little Star]

3. Personally, I loved it.....

Some people are unhappy with it because they say it's from the white perspective. Yet, Michelle Obama had a private viewing of the movie at the WH and Oprah herself praised the book to high heaven.

The book was much better than the movie naturally but I enjoyed both.

[Lex]

7. The author acknowledges her limitations of her perspective

at the end of the book, as I recall. I think she did a good job of acknowledging that and being up front about it.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. I loved it.

It made me angry. It made me laugh. It made me cry. One of my favorite characters was was the poor girl from the country who married the rich man who just loved her and everyone else hated her...except for the maid that she hired who had been black balled. That was my favorite story line in the book. Read it. I'm sure you'll find something in it that you'll like about it.
I have not seen the movie yet, but I want to. I love Emma Stone!
Duckie

[MaineDem]

5. I know it's just me but I haven't been able to get into the story

I'll pick it up again but so far it hasn't drawn me. I think I'm the only one who hasn't loved it. But give me time.

[BlueIris]

9. Not just you. I think The Dry Grass of August, which has similar themes,

is a much better book (stronger prose, deeper characters, etc.)

[DUgosh]

6. I'm from the south too...

I would be a couple of years older than Mae Mobley. My mother was/is like Elizabeth.

[LWolf]

8. I liked it.

I read it before I knew there was going to be a movie, and found it worth my time.

[Habibi]

10. Reading it now

and loving it. I'll be sorry to see it end. The characters and tensions of the time are vividly drawn. Definitely work a look-see.

[Kablooie]

11. I enjoyed it a lot.

[AngryOldDem]

12. Read it.

The movie is a huge, huge disappointment, though.

[Lex]

13. Several of my friends who are avid readers actually

liked the movie MORE than the book, which is usually not the case.

I've read the book and haven't seen the movie yet.

[TuxedoKat]

14. Even if you liked it you should hear MHP's review of it

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-harris-perry-breaks-down-the-help-ahistorical-and-deeply-troubling/

[Little Star]

15. I heard it and dismissed it. I do like MHP though, just think she was wrong headed about the book...

and movie. I'll stand with Oprah and the first lady on this one.

[freesqueeze]

16. good but not great

funnier that you may think it will be.