Review of Nettie Boo

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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Nettie Boo" by Judy Adams Brown.]

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2 out of 5 stars

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"Nettie Boo" by Judy Adams Brown was a tough read. It is a collection of four short stories, all four telling the story of a different person's life from their own perspective. 

The first story, "Nettie Boo", is about a woman who is born into slavery, and the story gives the reader an idea of what her life was like as a slave and how she feels about it. Nettie Boo was still a slave at the time when slavery was abolished, so the reader learns how Nettie Boo feels about the idea of being free and all that this means for her life. 

The second story, "Tip Top Mountain", is about the life of a tribe of Cherokee Indians. It tells the reader the way of life of a particular tribe in the Tip Top Mountains from one family member's perspective. The reader learns about her family, her neighbours, and how her life progresses and why it is important to trust their own family, as elder abuse is a prominent crime in their community. 

The third story, "Jack Leg Preacher", is about an aunt moving in with the writer because her husband has been unfaithful. The story is about the writer's aunt as her health and mental state are declining due to her husband's infidelity and the stress this has caused her, whilst giving snippets of the aunt's life. 

The fourth and final story, "Trapped", is about a man who has been imprisoned for money laundering and who is trying his best to break out of prison. Undeterred by failed escape attempts, the man is eventually successful in breaking out and thinks he is free of the feeling of being trapped, only to find he has trapped himself a different way by being on the run. 

It would appear that there were an excessively high number of typos in this book, but all of these stories were written from a first-person narrative. This meant it was difficult to decipher whether typos were intentional or whether it was written in a way that was supposed to reflect the speech of the person. 

I would rate this book a 2 out of 5. I did not enjoy the style of writing at all and found that the sentences could be quite jumbled. The stories were all unique and were certainly interesting, but because of the jumbled style of writing, if they had been much longer, I would have struggled to carry on reading them. 

I think this book is only suitable for adults, as there are adult themes in all the stories.

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