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A review by mbenzz
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
3.0
It was ok. The writing was outstanding, and the character development was awesome...it's just the story itself was hard to read.
This was our October Book Club selection, so I absolutely would not have read this on my own. I liked it in the way one likes and appreciates a well-written book, but the subject was insanely depressing.
I did find some of the historical information to be fascinating. We lived in Charleston for 2 years and are moving back down there next year, so it was really neat to read about the city itself and different landmarks that I'm familiar with. The whole slavery aspect of this was very difficult to get through without me getting furious. I know it happened, and it was so, so wrong, but I don't like reading about it.
Not the worst book club selection I've read, but also not my favorite.
This was our October Book Club selection, so I absolutely would not have read this on my own. I liked it in the way one likes and appreciates a well-written book, but the subject was insanely depressing.
I did find some of the historical information to be fascinating. We lived in Charleston for 2 years and are moving back down there next year, so it was really neat to read about the city itself and different landmarks that I'm familiar with. The whole slavery aspect of this was very difficult to get through without me getting furious. I know it happened, and it was so, so wrong, but I don't like reading about it.
Not the worst book club selection I've read, but also not my favorite.