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The Help by Kathryn Stockett

26 reviews

ihavecoolhats6's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

earftoalex's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fatphobia

catsandmetaphors's review against another edition

emotional inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Cancer and Pregnancy

jhbandcats's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was really hard for me to read because I grew up in the Jim Crow South and so much of the story was familiar in a shameful way. The author is masterful at telling a painful but hopeful tale of relationships between white employers and Black housekeepers at a time when all the power was on one side of the equation. 

The story is compelling and funny and awful all at the same time. The characters, even the minor ones, are fully developed. Some are despicable and some are lovable, some are angry or timid or miserable or hopeful, and all are given a voice. 

That was such a terrible period in America and I’m appalled and frightened by the resurgence of racist fear mongering. Like most books that teach an important lesson about humanity, this is likely to be read by the people who need it least and not at all by the people it would benefit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, and Classism

bootrat's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Hate crime, and Excrement

a_augustine12's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Another great read. I enjoyed every minute of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, and Police brutality

atalea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Self harm, Excrement, and Vomit

michaelion's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My opinion might be biased. Of the few movies me and my mom have watched together in my life, I could probably count them on one hand, this was one we both loved when it was available On Demand on Dish or DirectTv or whichever one of those cable providers had that service. The next year I bought the book at the Scholastic book fair, one with a cover from the movie poster, and I read that book six times. The spine is worn out and the edges of the cover are all bent up because I used to try to carefully put it in my backpack, but I haven't carried a backpack since sixth grade, so all my backpacks were actually big bags / purses anyone could see from a mile away, so of course my homework and any books I carried would slide and get smooshed and wrinkled and folded up if I dropped something in there and it landed wrong.

I don't know what impact this book left on me. I assume an important one. I still love the book despite the controversy, maybe also in spite of it. My grandmother was born in Jackson. She and Mae Mobley would've been a week apart, if they were both alive and real, respectively. Her side of the story, what would've been my grandmother's I mean, isn't shown, but maybe someone story she would've known was. Maybe her auntie or cousin or someone who she went to church with, had her mother not moved out of the South before she was three months old. I don't know. The story's very real. Whether or not it connects to you personally, who doesn't have a soft spot for those?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Dementia, and Suicide attempt

pleasereadittome's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

ashybear02's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism