Rachel L's Reviews > The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Set in the 1930's Kentucky, this book follows Cussy, a blue woman who works as a travelling librarian. Shunned by the community for her rare skin color, Cussy travels the mountains delivering books to people in remote areas.

Well, I seem to be in the minority on this one based on all the four and five star reviews. I thought the idea and bones of the book were great, I absolutely hated the execution. Learning about the blue people in Kentucky was interesting, as well as the profession of traveling librarian. But this book read a bit like trauma porn to me, with terrible things happening all the time to the main character, and I was not in the mood for that. This book was also very simply written and melodramatic, which normally I don't mind, but it felt like reading a Hallmark movie and just wasn't for me.

I actually always wanted to read this because I had seen the "scandal" that Jojo Moyes allegedly copied this author for her book The Giver of Stars. I wanted to read this book, and then that one to compare and contrast and I still will. Curious to see if I will like that book more.