4.2 AVERAGE


4/5 overall but not my fave from Morrison, which is j bc reading abt men is not my fave
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
inspiring reflective medium-paced

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (2004)

I struggled to get into this at first to be honest. I switched to audio and was sort of keeping up with it and then it grabbed my attention when
Pilate pulled out a knife on the guy who was beating her daughter
and from then I was invested.

I think maybe because the story was following a lot of male perspectives I found it a lil boring at first but it really did heat up, and I ended up really enjoying it. 

I loved all of the symbolism, the exploration of what it means to be a black woman in relation to your father, sons or male siblings. I love the way Toni Morrison explores race without making racism the focus. There’s so much to think about. Pilate carried this for me. And Lena when she read Milkman for filth?? Beautiful. 

You’ve never picked up anything heavier than your own feet.  

I don't think it was as fabulous as everyone told me it is. It was a good story, but not one I will read again.
challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging funny reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes