Didn't really like it.
Our story follows two doctors (one white, one black) as they are caught up in the whirlwind of the possibility desegregation in 1960s Mississippi. This is labeled as a mystery and to be quite honest going into it I thought the mystery was the death at the beginning of the book but after having read it, I can't say that that was the focus of the mystery itself. Following my main complaint of the storyline not being so clear I would have to say another problem I found with this book was the fact that the author went way too far into developing her characters and in doing so ended up getting away from the main storyline to the point where it was confusing for the reader. I mean she describes her characters down to what they actually plant in their gardens. It's a little more than overkill. Going back to the story itself, I feel like the roundabout way that the story was written made it very poorly executed. Which is quite sad because I think this would be a great story if written differently. I didn't really like this book but I didn't hate it at the same time. This book frustrated me more than anything. The author tries to build up the suspense in certain parts and she just fails utterly. I honestly can't say that I can recommend this book to people who like mystery books because I am still wondering myself what exactly the mystery was. 🤔
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