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Topic: The Help
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stupidstupidme
♀ 11888
Member # 11888 |  Posted: 1:24 PM, December 5th (Monday), 2011 |     |
Just started it. I like it, but I must say, I thought I'd be "hooked" a few pages in, and I'm not.
I haven't seen the movie either, so I'm not sure what to expect. Anyone read the book, and does it get more exciting after the initial background information?
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength
August Wilson
Posts: 19738 | Registered: Aug 2006 |
MissesJai
♀ 24849
Member # 24849 | | Posted: 2:08 PM, December 5th (Monday), 2011 | |
yes, it gets better...
FWW - 41
"Don't think first about the risks of speaking up. Think first about the risks of not speaking up." ~ Kerry Patterson
Posts: 6072 | Registered: Jul 2009 | From: So Cal..... |
wildbananas
♀ 10552
Member # 10552 | | Posted: 5:11 PM, December 5th (Monday), 2011 | |
I agree - hang in there for a bit longer, ssm. You'll probably end up liking it. 
Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ~ Yogi Bhajan
Posts: 15507 | Registered: Apr 2006 | From: Now an AZ girl |
Catwoman
♀ 1330
Member # 1330 | | Posted: 5:19 PM, December 5th (Monday), 2011 | |
It was okay. Not great, but okay.
Cat
FBS: Married 20 years, 2 daughters 25 and 22. Divorced by the grace of GOD.
D-Days: 2/23/93; 10/11/97; 3/5/03
Ex & OW Broke up 12-10
"An erection does not count as personal growth."
Posts: 29826 | Registered: Apr 2003 | From: Massachusetts |
howcanbe
♀ 34050
Member # 34050 | | Posted: 5:48 PM, December 5th (Monday), 2011 | |
I bought the book a few days before I began to find out about my H's A. I totally forgot about it. I should start reading it now. I've never seen the movie either, but books are always better than movies!
Me: 32 BW
Him: 49 WH
Divorced
Posts: 159 | Registered: Nov 2011 |
sparkysable
♀ 3703
Member # 3703 | | Posted: 6:11 AM, December 7th (Wednesday), 2011 | |
I really liked it a lot.
D-day OW#1 2/2004; R for 6 years; D-day OW#2 5/2010
Marriages that start this way, stepping over the bodies of loved ones as the giddy couple walks down the aisle, are not likely to last.
Posts: 3820 | Registered: Mar 2004 | From: NY |
BooBoo!
♀ 33195
Member # 33195 | | Posted: 9:37 AM, December 7th (Wednesday), 2011 | |
I liked it and some parts literally made me laugh out loud!
Has anyone seen the movie? Is it any good? Usually movies disappoint me after I've read the book
Posts: 632 | Registered: Aug 2011 |
TheHardWay
♀ 4342
Member # 4342 | | Posted: 11:17 AM, December 7th (Wednesday), 2011 | |
I agree that books are better then movies; I read ALOT! However, I struggled through this entire book - I was very disappointed after all the raves it received. Kinda "eh" for me.
Have you read Water For Elephants? Thats one of my most recent favs.
F-BS 43
DS 24 DS 20
Seperated 2001; Divorced 2003
Remarried to a wonderful man 2008
Posts: 7917 | Registered: May 2004 | From: The Sunshine State |
wannabenormal
♀ 19772
Member # 19772 | | Posted: 3:25 PM, December 7th (Wednesday), 2011 | |
I really liked the book. I think everyone I know loved or hated it. The movie was good too.
Posts: 14456 | Registered: Jun 2008 |
UR_AN_IDIOT
♀ 18764
Member # 18764 | | Posted: 6:30 PM, December 7th (Wednesday), 2011 | |
Does anyone want a copy? I will mail it free of charge. I liked it.
First one to PM your address can have it.
ETA: Book now taken. [This message edited by UR_AN_IDIOT at 12:55 PM, December 12th (Monday)]
Me:BW 48
FWH: 50
Married 25 years
DD 23 DS 21
Reconciled
Posts: 12696 | Registered: Mar 2008 |
Lostlassie
♀ 30689
Member # 30689 | | Posted: 9:44 PM, December 7th (Wednesday), 2011 | |
I tried to read it. It currently is residing on a shelf in my bedroom.
I could not get past the fact that she called the little girl Baby Girl. That was my WH's nickname for the woman he picked up on the internet. She in turn called him Daddy 
Ruined the book for me.
Unfortunately, he is not your mate right now. he has been replaced by a pod person.
~~taken from a post by Isadora~~
Posts: 151 | Registered: Jan 2011 | From: Lost and looking for land |
whispercloud3
♀ 12872
Member # 12872 | | Posted: 6:26 AM, December 8th (Thursday), 2011 | |
I loved The Help. I didn't see the movie either because I hate movies but the book was great. I didn't care that much about the race relations issues but there are strong themes of friendship, lonliness, ethics and isolation which I thought the author illustrated well.
No Dan, we were bowling partners.
Posts: 1057 | Registered: Dec 2006 | From: Virginia |
stupidstupidme
♀ 11888
Member # 11888 | | Posted: 10:06 AM, December 8th (Thursday), 2011 | |
I really want to try to get through the book first, and maybe not see the movie at all.
I did read Water for Elephants. I LOVED it. LOVED it. Haven't seen the movie though.
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength
August Wilson
Posts: 19738 | Registered: Aug 2006 |
metamorphisis
♀ 12041
Member # 12041 | | Posted: 10:08 AM, December 8th (Thursday), 2011 | |
This was also a "meh" for me. I tried to like it, and made it about halfway and put it down and forgot about it. The same with Water for Elephants.
There was nothing bad about them.. I just couldn't get into them.
“We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are.”... Anais Nin
Posts: 46597 | Registered: Sep 2006 |
solus sto
♀ 30989
Member # 30989 | | Posted: 4:14 PM, December 8th (Thursday), 2011 | |
Cast another vote for "meh." I got the sample for Kindle, and liked it well enough to buy it---but ended up setting it aside after a few chapters.
I will try it again--but it really hasn't done much for me.
BS-me, 53
WH (Trac-fone), 53, PD
2 kids-DD25, DS18
multiple d-days
DIVORCING
Alone, most strangely, I live on~Rupert Brooke
Posts: 9495 | Registered: Jan 2011 | From: midwest |
stupidstupidme
♀ 11888
Member # 11888 | | Posted: 8:18 AM, December 13th (Tuesday), 2011 | |
I am going to watch Water for Elephants tonight. I hope I like it. I LOVED the book, so I hope the movie isn't a let-down after that.
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength
August Wilson
Posts: 19738 | Registered: Aug 2006 |
Catwoman
♀ 1330
Member # 1330 | | Posted: 8:25 AM, December 13th (Tuesday), 2011 | |
I loved Water for Elephants! I had read two of her other books previously, which I would also recommend: Riding Lessons (warning--infidelity) and Flying Changes. Both really good.
I haven't seen the movie yet--my youngest is coming home, so maybe we'll watch it together (I think she's already seen it).
Cat
FBS: Married 20 years, 2 daughters 25 and 22. Divorced by the grace of GOD.
D-Days: 2/23/93; 10/11/97; 3/5/03
Ex & OW Broke up 12-10
"An erection does not count as personal growth."
Posts: 29826 | Registered: Apr 2003 | From: Massachusetts |
stupidstupidme
♀ 11888
Member # 11888 | | Posted: 8:31 AM, December 13th (Tuesday), 2011 | |
Yeah Cat - I loved it too. Totally. I just hope I'm not disappointed by the movie now, since the book was so good.
I'm still muddling through The Help, but I gotta be honest, most evenings I opt for Big Bang Theory instead. 
Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength
August Wilson
Posts: 19738 | Registered: Aug 2006 |
Jrazz
♀ 31349
Member # 31349 | | Posted: 7:34 PM, December 13th (Tuesday), 2011 | |
I agree that it gets better. It took me a while to get the "flow" but once I was in it was good.
It gets more interesting after the initial background, to answer your question.
"All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions. And at bottom, those opinions are merely our efforts to escape the underlying uneasiness of being human. - Pema Chodron
Posts: 20949 | Registered: Feb 2011 | From: California |
DupedAgain
♀ 33977
Member # 33977 | | Posted: 9:12 AM, December 15th (Thursday), 2011 | |
I'm in the group who loved Water for Elephants. I couldn't put it down. The movie was good, but couldn't be as detailed of course, as the book.
Me: 60
Him: 54
Her: 50, married
D-Day 12-6-11
Not sure what is going to happen now.
Posts: 97 | Registered: Nov 2011 | From: Down South |
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