Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a young adult non-fiction novel that was written in 1994 by John Berendt, who traveled to Savannah, Georgia in the 1980s.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Just about all of the characters are either dislikable or annoying.
 * 2) Political themes seem to be pushed in its readers' faces.
 * 3) There's a VERY long part with Lady Chablis that is TMI to say the least.
 * 4) Nothing that interesting goes on in the book's second half.
 * 5) There's a brief part that dehumanizes the United States military.
 * 6) A female African witchdoctor defaces a Bible by cutting out pieces of it.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) It did a lot for Savannah's tourism.
 * 2) Its influence made it somewhat close to being considered "classic literature".