Haint Blue: A Novel

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Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Sep 26, GiGi Dawn Rockwell rated it really liked it.

A good read, great use of Gullah traditions, and the use of the Gullah tongue. It was a book I looked forward to picking up again and again. Love reading novels set in the SC Lowcountry. May 31, Paul rated it it was amazing.

Book Review: HAINT BLUE: PART TWO by Jenny Scott and Kim Johnston • leondumoulin.nl

Set in present-day South Carolina, this novel is about a man pushed in several different direstions at the same time. Hoodoo is one of those directions. Kip Drummond is the owner of an oyster-processing plant in Beaufort, South Carolina. It's a ramshackle place, and a money loser, but it's also sitting on a very prime piece of real estate. The plant, full o Set in present-day South Carolina, this novel is about a man pushed in several different direstions at the same time. The plant, full of rumors, is the only source of income for the older women who work there. Being poor, and Gullah descended from slaves , there are no alternatives for them if the plant is sold.

Gunny, the black manager of the plant, does some snooping in Drummond's office, and finds just enough evidence to make Drummond's repeated declarations that he has no intention of selling the plant hard to believe. Things are no better for Drummond at home. His wife, Sandi, a native of Charleston, is a blond bombshell. She comes from Old Money, and is sick of the lack of parties and culture in Beaufort. Drummond has a terrible record of spending time with Chris, his stepson, along with attending his football games.

There is always something to take care of at the plant. As if that wasn't enough, Drummond thinks that someone has put a hex on him taken very seriously among the Gullah to force him to sell. He pays a couple of visits to a tarot card reader, an elderly woman who lives far away from anyone else. He finds a very specific playing card not just any playing card under the windshield wiper of his truck. His faithful dog is found butchered and dismembered. A major rainstrom, practically a hurricane, hits the area during one of Chris' football games. In all the confusion, Chris is missing; his parents can't help but fear the worst.

When Drummond gets back to Beaufort, he comes clean to Gunny about just how he got the money to buy the plant. This is a very well-done story about a culture unique to most Americans.

The author does a fine job putting the reader right in the middle of the story. Yes, it's worth reading. Jun 14, Sabrina Cannon rated it it was amazing. I have read this book three times. The beginning took me a moment to understand the Gullah language.

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It had mystery to it and suspense. I was anxious to know what was going to happen next. It made me think that even today's society we have big cooperations buying out family owned or smaller businesses. It affects the community. In the story, I felt connected to the book as if I was seeing it unfold. I never wanted to put the book down.

With the mystery you have lies, legends, hope within the cha I have read this book three times. With the mystery you have lies, legends, hope within the characters, and disappointment. I felt that when I figured out what was going to happen, it had a twist. It has me intrigued to find out more about the towns history in Beaufort.

May 02, Elizabeth Higginbotham rated it liked it.

I was in the area, so reading the book and knowing the location was interesting, but it could have dealt with the legacy of racial injustice in a different way. Aug 09, Brian is currently reading it. BUT it didn't detract from the story. The "ending" is actually brilliant. It ended the Scott family's time in the house but sets it up for Part 2 and the investigator's experiences and findings.

Haint Blue: The Rockford Haunting (Part 1)

So now I have to see what happens next. All in all it's a good boo It was an intriguing account of a family's struggle with strange activity in a haunted rental house. All in all it's a good book. Sorry for what the family went through. Luckily they were able to get out of there in mere months, but still. That was months too long, but at least they're out now. Apr 30, Sharon Powers rated it really liked it.

Haint Blue

I loved reading this true account of a local haunting. Dec 13, Peggy rated it really liked it. I love scaring myself, although it takes a lot!!! With these true hauntings, u wonder, what's real and what's embellished. Will read part 2.

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Nov 17, Thomas Ballein rated it really liked it. Good fast read A delightful story some good Scare's and even a chuckle or 2 I laughed about the parking lot preacher sadly I have meet many fools like him. Tricia rated it really liked it Jul 09, Richard Dewberry rated it liked it Dec 13, Miss Yatta rated it liked it Oct 27, Cynthia rated it liked it May 31, Kay Kidwiler rated it it was amazing Jan 25, Jamie Berrios rated it it was amazing Mar 29, Eg13 rated it it was amazing Aug 12, Leah Johnson rated it it was amazing Dec 07, Photography Raptor rated it really liked it Apr 14, Gail B Ramsey rated it it was amazing Dec 09, Alyssa rated it liked it Jan 21, Rebecca rated it it was amazing Aug 13, Garrett Lakits rated it it was ok Dec 29, Michelle N rated it liked it Feb 25, Carolyn Lapierre rated it it was ok Sep 03, Michelle rated it it was amazing Dec 28, Nicole Sparks rated it it was amazing Aug 16, Pat Castella rated it liked it Jul 03, Lorraine Rochelle rated it it was amazing Nov 06, Tony Blackburn rated it really liked it Oct 23, Angie rated it it was amazing Mar 11, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

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