Fiction Review: The Kitchen House
Book By Book
I recently read The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom for one of my book clubs. I started listening to it on audio and finished reading the paper book, and I thoroughly enjoyed both formats. This engaging novel presents a wide variety of characters in a part of history that I knew little about.
Although everyone in my book group enjoyed the book and was glad to have read it, there were a few minor complaints. Some felt there were just too many bad things that happened in the story, but I thought that was fairly realistic, not only for the times but also for real life – some lives really are filled with tragedy. A few people thought the novel relied too much on stereotypes, which is probably true: most of the black slaves were good people at heart, and many of the white men were horrible and mistreated the slaves (though there were exceptions). All in all, I was captivated by the story and pulled right into its world. I found the historical backdrop fascinating, but I was also drawn into the fictional world of these characters and came to care about them (except the ones I hated!).
384 pages, Touchstone (audio by Blackstone Audio Books)
You can listen to a sample of the audio book at this link.
2013-05-01 11:01:23
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