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Feb 07, 2024susan_1209 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan is the kind of book Moms for Liberty want to make disappear. It is fiction based on historical truths. It pulls a gamut of emotions from the reader. In post-WWII Mississippipi, two families, one White & one…
May 22, 2021Daisybates rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Occasionally, one discovers a "sleeper" book. That is, not a buzz book, but a book that is rarely mentioned but is very intriguing. That is this book. The setting is post-World War II, in the Mississippi Delta. Two soldiers return…
Feb 15, 2021andreabroomfield rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This novel is a fantastic companion to two essential nonfiction books: Caste: Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson, and Warmth of Other Suns, also by Isabel Wilkerson. It's a powerful story that rightly is part of the New Southern…
Jan 09, 2019
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Oct 20, 2018INVS rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
To say I thoroughly enjoyed this read is not quite right. It's an honest look at the injustice, the hate & discrimination toward people of color that still exists today in the USA. The beauty comes from the love in the telling this…
Oct 02, 2018Inga57 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The story, told in the muddy South, was played well in the movie version; which reminded me I had purchased the paperback copy of Mudbound back in 2009, where it has remained on a shelf waiting to be read. This was the week my fingers…
Dec 14, 2017Nvfera rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I 100% recommend reading this one! I absolutely loved how it takes you back info time.. the detail makes you feel like you're actually there at Mudbound. It deals with love, happiness, sadness and tragedy but I guess that's life right?…
Apr 22, 2015
please email me at rinahan221@yahoo.com when the book is available in San Bruno.
Dec 22, 2013
Set just post WW2 in the rural south USA where racism is dominant and womens emancipation far off, this story is told in the voices of each character dominating the chapter. It's well written, depicting the thoughts and attitudes of the…
Nov 08, 2013mrs_sweeney rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Great story of an ugly time in a grimy setting. The backdrop is great. The author makes you feel the grime of the landscape not only how it invades the dwellings but invades the characters. This was a quick, easy read since there aren't…
Nov 08, 2013mrs_sweeney rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Great story of an ugly time in a grimy setting. The backdrop is great. The author makes you feel the grime of the landscape not only how it invades the dwellings but invades the characters. This was a quick, easy read since there aren't…
Jul 22, 2013smc01 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
An amazing first novel - Jordan is a talented and promising writer. Her characters are compelling and real, and I cared deeply about them. She has a special way of summing things up with just the right words.
thart
May 18, 2013thart rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Read for Bookies fiction book club CLPL for May 2013. I finished the book the night before and then promptly missed going to book club because I was grading finals. This double angered me because I did not like the book at all, and since…
Aug 13, 2012gr8_reader rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Jordan is an excellent writer but I didn't find the story all that spellbinding... the character development was great at first but then became a bit hollow...
Jul 25, 2012rsenots rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
.I read this last summer and could not put it down. Awesome book, with people and places that you will remember for a long time. This is her first novel and after I finished it I had a kind of mourning that it was over! So I tried to find…
bbaby4
Jul 21, 2012bbaby4 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I found myself caring deeply for these characters, simply etched by the writer. And the story was very engaging. A very good read.
sharonb122
Jul 07, 2012sharonb122 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read "When She Woke" first and read the comments that "Mudbound" was much better--I agree! It deserves awards. The various characters tell the story, each were different and the writing suited their background but each eloquent in…
PennyLiteraryHoarder
Jun 27, 2012PennyLiteraryHoarder rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Simply fantastic!! Could not put it down.
Jun 02, 2012trizen rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Brilliantly written, fantastic read.
brianreynolds
Nov 23, 2011brianreynolds rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
It is always nice to read a novel that has a plot. When that is combined, as it is in Hillary Jordan's dark but delicately beautiful Mudbound, with disturbingly three-dimensional characters and a deft hand with language, the result is…
Jun 01, 2011
Pennie Clark Ianniciello, Costco's book buyer, has chosen Mudbound by Hillary Jordan as her pick of the month for June. In Costco Connection, which goes to many of the warehouse club's members, she wrote: "Because I've lived in Seattle…
Apr 25, 2011DeltaQueen50 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I can’t say enough about this spellbounding, intense book. Mudbound examines the lives of both a white farm family and a black share cropper family in the years right after World War II. Both families welcome home a soldier returning…
Algonquin_Lisa
Feb 14, 2011Algonquin_Lisa rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Set in the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era, the story revolves around two brothers, Henry and Jamie. Henry is married and tied to his land, heavily influenced by his racist father. Jamie is a free spirit, attractive to women and…
m2
Jan 17, 2011m2 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A terrific but intensely painful read. Wonderful. Read this, then read The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson to get the lived history behind the story.
Sep 11, 2008budster rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I found this a good summer read . It was easy to pick up for a few moments of intense reading whenever the chance came. Good writing and descriptive encounters between the characters. Very true to the time and place.