Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?: A Novel
A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John would rather focus on sorting out Kitty’s affairs than deal with the press. But what she discovers in one of Kitty’s journals rocks her world harder than any other brewing scandal could—and between a cheating fiancé and fallout from a controversial social media post, there are plenty. The truth behind Ki...show more
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I enjoy historical fiction and this book had me hooked. The ending was disappointing, but overall, the book got me thinking about the Jim Crow Law Era. We have come a long way in the past 70 years.
this had to be one of my favorite books i’ve read this year. it was a powerful, beautiful written novel.
Content warning for racism, violence, murder, lynching, blackmail, and related topics. I continued my trend of preferring the historical timeline to the contemporary one. Kitty is an incredible narrator, but I didn't like Elise as much. There is a huge cast in this novel, way more named characters than I thought were necessary to convey the plot. I think this could have benefitted from another round of edits, some of the sentence-level writing fe...read more
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