One Night in Georgia by Celeste O. NorfleetMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is one that may have more resonance with African Americans, particularly women, yet it is still a book for everyone to read. It's a nail biting novel of three college girls taking a week to drive back to school in a flashy convertible from New York to Atlanta in 1968. The main character, Zelda knows this is a mistake but joins her friends. Of course danger is ahead and they have surprisingly good interactions with some whites, and predictable racist police.
I found it hard to get placed into the novel. Zelda stood out, and though her other two friends had different characters they were difficult to identify at times. Actually several times I would get lost on understanding who was talking with the large group of people in the room.
Somewhat early in the book we find out some disturbing information about one of the friends. One would expect there to be more in the book, but no it seems to be forgotten. I'm not sure why this would be brought up if only to be ignored.
Despite the topic manner it is a quick easy read. There's a bit of romance thrown in that seems to help ease up on some of the tension.
Book rating: 3.5 stars
Thanks to Amistad/HarperCollins and NetGalley for an uncorrected electronic advance review copy of this book.
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