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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I really enjoyed this book. Ive read all of Joshilyn Jacksons book and this is the one I read last. Ive got to say this one was the best because it really keeps you guessing until the end. (  )edenkal | May 28, 2009 |   Joshilyn Jackson was recommended to me during a brief e-mail exchange with another Bookmoocher, after we got into a "yay Southern lit!" convo. "Gods in Alabama" involves kind of a reverse mystery, with the solution coming before the whole motivation thing. It was interesting enough to keep me reading throughout the long weekend, with characters who were likeable most of the time. I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected to; maybe I've hit my limit of unstable characters and dead parents and need to read something 100% fluffy. But I did like it, even if I didn't LOVE it, and I'll definitely be trying something else by Jackson. (  )karinnekarinne | May 26, 2009 | Having just recently found out I will be living here in the South for another 2-3 years at least, I picked up some Southern fiction.:^) Overall, the book was a quick chick lit read. It was uneven in the middle, and one of the two twists at the end was a little harder to believe than the other. I culd recommend it as a quick, light read. ( )princessbabs | Mar 13, 2009 | Having now finally read Jackson's debut novel after already reading her 2nd and 3rd, I continue to be impressed. I immensely enjoyed Between, Georgia, but I do think this one deserves even a higher rating. I enjoy southern writing to a certain point, but Joshilyn Jackson is by far my favorite writer of this genre. She has the innate ability to capture southern dialect in a true, realistic sense with just the perfect blend of humor, mystery, & sober seriousness to keep the reader engaged throughout. The cover description doesn't do this novel justice, in my opinion. Overall, I loved this book. (  )indygo88 | Mar 11, 2009 | The Girl who Stopped Swimming was recommended by EW and I was so pleased with it I looked for other books by the author. This is her debut novel, and not as successful, I think. I found the characters more annoying and started skimming after 70 or so pages. Starting with an interracial couple and leading us back to Alabama, there was a lot of room for dense characterization but it wasn't explored as well as it could have been. I liked the end scene with aunt Florence in the attic, but other than that, the book didn't hold so much for me. (  )amf0001 | Aug 21, 2008 | 0.229 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0446694533, Paperback)When Arlene Fleet headed off to college in Chicago, she made three promises to God: She would never again lie, never fornicate outside marriage, and never, ever go back to her tiny hometown of Possett, Alabama. All God had to do in exchange was to make sure the body of high school quarterback Jim Beverly was never found. Ten years later, Arlene has kept her promises, but an old schoolmate has recently turned up asking questions. And now Arlenes African American beau has given her a tough ultimatum: introduce him to her family, or hes gone. As she prepares to confront guilt, discrimination, and a decade of deception, Arlene is about to discover just how far she will go to find redemptionand love.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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