Insulting. I wish I could give it a zero
This book is utterly lacking in any redeeming value. It's boring and poorly written with unlikeable and unbelieveable characters. I grew up in Louisiana and lived in Baton Rouge until I was 33 and I never met anyone remotely similar to this crowd. It seemed to me that Ms. Wells was pandering to the misguided notions of those who live outside of the South and don't understand the subtleties of Southern culture. This one's about as subtle as a sledgehammer. Thank goodness my home state is really not at all the way Ms. Wells portrays it. If you want good Southern writing, try Faulkner, Walker Percy, Eudora Welty, or Harper Lee.