RATING: 3 Stars
SYNOPSIS: This book follows the story of 19 year old Cussy Mary in 1936, the last living blue female of Troublesome Creek, KY. She becomes a librarian with the Pack Horse Library Project. She delivers books and reading materials to impoverished patrons throughout the week, riding on her mule. However, Cussy Mary is not accepted because of the color. Nicknamed Bluet, the people of KY group her in with Colored people and blame her and her family for anything that has gone wrong around them. Can Cussy Mary overcome the prejudice? This book is a book of historical fiction and is inspired by the true blue skinned people.
REVIEW: The most interesting thing about this book is the historical part of it. The book made me research into the true blue skinned people, how that happened, and whether they still exist today. But that is where my interest stopped. This book was so boring. I felt that there was really no story line at all, and I was just reading a diary that had no true beginning and ending. The characters were one dimensional, I was not even really rooting for Cussy Mary because I was too busy falling asleep while reading. I forced myself to finish this book for a book club discussion. I do not know why this book is so popular.
SYNOPSIS: This book follows the story of 19 year old Cussy Mary in 1936, the last living blue female of Troublesome Creek, KY. She becomes a librarian with the Pack Horse Library Project. She delivers books and reading materials to impoverished patrons throughout the week, riding on her mule. However, Cussy Mary is not accepted because of the color. Nicknamed Bluet, the people of KY group her in with Colored people and blame her and her family for anything that has gone wrong around them. Can Cussy Mary overcome the prejudice? This book is a book of historical fiction and is inspired by the true blue skinned people.
REVIEW: The most interesting thing about this book is the historical part of it. The book made me research into the true blue skinned people, how that happened, and whether they still exist today. But that is where my interest stopped. This book was so boring. I felt that there was really no story line at all, and I was just reading a diary that had no true beginning and ending. The characters were one dimensional, I was not even really rooting for Cussy Mary because I was too busy falling asleep while reading. I forced myself to finish this book for a book club discussion. I do not know why this book is so popular.