MINIKRITIKA | Kathryn Stockett: The Help

What ​​perfect timing for this optimistic, uplifting debut novel (and maiden publication of Amy Einhorn's new imprint) set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia Skeeter Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing about what disturbs you. The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies and mistrusts enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who's raised 17 children, and Aibileen's best friend Minny, who's found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams. Assured and layered, full of heart and history, this one has bestseller written all over it.



Ezer éve a várólistámon van már ez a könyv, még akkor került fel rá, mikor beleszerettem a szegregáció időszakában játszódó történetekbe. De valahogy sosem került elolvasásra, mégis egy kihívás miatt most belevágtam. És azt hiszem, engem ez most nem jókor, nem jó időben talált meg sajnos.

Alapvetően semmi problémám nem volt a történettel, és értem is, hogy miért lett akkora siker, de én eléggé untam sajnos. Úgy éreztem, mintha valami végtelenített novellafüzér lenne, se eleje, se vége, és folyton csak ugyanazt ismételgetik. Szóval eléggé szenvedtem vele, de talán a mondanivalója nem jött át most számomra. Sajnálom, pedig nagyon vártam, hogy nagyot üssön. Egy kicsit később, ha leülepszik bennem, megnézem a filmet és ha tetszik és átjön a mondanivalója, futok vele még egy kört.

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆ (5/10)

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