Review: Almost
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed this cozy - mostly. Unfortunately, the author chose to try for humor with cheap shots at the South, exhibited a lack of knowledge about the South and some lack of knowledge about writing. Being a Deep South native now living in the Mid South, I was annoyed. I started to just put it down to the author's lack of knowledge and move on, but no; we pay for these things.Do you have to be from Mississippi to dislike cheap humor?Yankees: I haven't heard anyone down here fight the Civil War in a very long time, though I am sure some still do. These days, I hear folks from the North called Northerners.The author hints that South is an affectation of Southerners, but it is a rule of use. Upper case for regions: North, South, East, West. Lower case for directions.Folksy talk like "long drink of water." Not really.Regional dialect: Certainly, it exists, but most of us are educated enough to say foreigner correctly. We do tend to drop our g in certain instances: goin' somewhere instead of going. Yes, there is a Southern way of speaking, and we especially enjoy putting on a good drawl if a Northerner is listening. Each region has its personal charm.The author did seem to commit fewer of these offenses as the story went on. Thankfully, because I otherwise really enjoyed it.Interestingly, the author doesn't say where she is from.