Reviews
Deer Creek Drive: A Reckoning of Memory and Murder in the Mississippi Delta by Beverly Lowry
tidwellcammy's review
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Honestly - the podcast was enough
Didn’t need a book
Didn’t need a book
kendrareads's review against another edition
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
A quite interesting look at a vicious murder that some residents of Leland still refuse to talk about today. Lowry intertwines the story of the murder with her own story growing up in Greenville. The facts of the case are indisputable, but the motive and what actually happened remains a mystery. I heard Lowry speak at the MS Book Festival, and she said that she came to quite like Ruth Dickins. Not that she believed her innocent, but that she grew to like her as a person. I found this so interesting, and I think it spoke to the amount of research that Lowry did to write this book.
cjeanne99's review
medium-paced
2.0
I understand the author’s desire to let the reader know that she has first hand knowledge of Mississippi in the late 40’s early 50’s - but including her family’s story line added little to her narration about Ruth Dickins’ klling her mother. And - her treatment of Ruth’s story was just ok.
lsimmons031's review
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This is a great book- half true crime and half narrative on the racism of the Deep South.
devorit's review
3.0
An interesting approach to exploring a murder, the social conditions and expectations within which it took place, and memories of the past. Unfortunately, much of it felt rather stuck on the surface rather than really delving into meanings and analysis. I liked it and am glad I finished it, but it felt… unfinished, like the good ideas never fully solidified.