Reviews for A house divided

The average rating for A house divided based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-18 00:00:00 Fred Sanford I gave this book three stars because it held my interest and kept me entertained. I read the book while on vacation in Utah. It was interesting to me to discover that my experience this past year living in a confederate state has changed my perspective on the civil war. I in absolutely no way support the institution of slavery. But as I read this book, I was taken on a journey of self discovery. I grew up in an anti-slave state, and my perspective on the civil war was fairly well set in stone, until moving to the south. Now I have been introduced to the war through their eyes, and I have to say, that the North was just as guilty of crimes against humanity as was the South. Rather than go into a long winded explanation of own self discovery, I will just say that I could not give this book more than three stars because it is written from a very one sided perspective. This author clearly does not understand the Southern philosophy, and though she tries to write from both sides, she is merely describing the Southern Point of view through the eyes of a Northerner. Her Southern characters are not believable. The strong southern characters sympathize with the North, and all other southern characters are flaky, pompous and air headed. This book, though entertaining, does not accurately portray the Southern cause, or the character of the people who call that part of our nation home.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-12-08 00:00:00 Jerald Williams I picked this book up and set it down numerous times until I hit the middle of the book, then I couldn't put it down. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the struggles each of them face at a time of uncertain civil war.