The Help

The Help
by: Kathryn Stockett
reviewed by: Karla Rodriguez
Penguin Books
464 pages

The Help takes place in Jackson, Mississippi during the times of segregation. The three main characters are Aiblileen, Minny, and Skeeter. Aibileen and Minny are maids to "friends" of Skeeter. Skeeter decided she wanted to take the risk and interview Aibileen and Minny, whichwas very dangerous for them because they were black which made them at a high risk of getting killed or thrown into jail if they got caught. They agreed as long as their identities weren't exposed. They convinced other black maids to do it as well but they were all hesitant at first. When the book came out people were going crazy because they didn't know if their maids were in this book.

I would recommend this book to people who like a good laugh here and there in a quite serious book. If you like books that are made up with characters but have some historical meaning to them this is the book, it talks about segregation but it also has it's own unique plot. If you like a book with a movie very similar to it this book has a movie and they're pretty identical not much is changed from it.