Mudbound

By Hillary Jordan

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My rating is a B+

I liked it. It was the first full book I have read in a spell. It caught my attention right away and held it throughout.

I would only recommend it to adult readers as it has a lot of racist story plot. And some f-bombers. (Only a few, but enough to warrant a warning.)

The story is of a family living on a cotton farm in Mississippi. It is told in first person of several different characters. (A little Jodi Picoult.) The farm owners brother has returned from war and is fighting the demons that come with that. The colored farmhands son has also returned after being in Europe where it is OK for him to have a relationship with a white woman.

On top of all this going on, there is a despicable father that everyone is sick of. This is a story of trying to make do in horrible conditions on the part of all the characters. I really don't know how better to describe this one.