Mudbound by Hilary Jordan

I loved this book. 

Mudbound is one of those books that I dive right into, and literally CANNOT stop reading until I finish. Professional reviews of the book were mostly positive, although there was some criticism of the character development (or lack thereof) and what some perceived to be the rather basic "good v. evil" subplot involving the black and white characters. I felt that the book was pretty true to what the climate of the South was at the time, particularly the deep south - insofar as the main characters had no real righteous feelings about the indignities visited upon their black neighbors. They neither liked nor disliked each other - it was an accepted, albeit from our perspective morally wrong and reprehensible, social code. I enjoyed the book very much, and for me, it flew by. There's lots to talk about here - from the deep, almost evil character of Pappy to the plain indifference of Henry, the husband of the main narrator - to the pathos of Jamie and Ronsel - for a variety of reasons. 


The story was simple but also very complex - and so I have chosen it for one of my upcoming book discussions.