A review by sueotwell
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

3.0

I enjoyed parts of this book. The beginning drug on for me and was hard to keep up with the many names and relation to each other. I drug through that part and when I convinced myself to continue I started to enjoy the aspect of it and for the group of people this story was about (at least the middle portion of the book). I would never have finished this book had it not been a One Book One Community book club read and if a friend would not have encouraged me to continue reading it. I didn't have issue with the writing itself (I listened on audio book) but parts just drug out and I couldn't find the purpose for all of the dragging. I typically read for entertainment and this book was not written for that purpose so I had a hard time connecting to the story although I did get more understanding of that part of New Orleans and daily struggles for those people.
Overall this was just an ok book for me. Again I was able to finish it so that is a plus for me personally! I do think it was worth the read and the conversations it sparked during our book club discussion was great.