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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
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
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
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-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
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
The ending was disappointing. I dragged in some places but overall, a good read.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-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
Is it the first Toni Morrison book people should read? No. It isn’t even the second one. But it is Toni Morrison, and as such delivers emotional depth, complex character development, the most generous interiority, and rich descriptions of towns and rooms and feelings and histories and landscapes that are absolutely unmatched. I struggled through the first half of this reread because honestly, f*ck Milkman. I couldn’t care about that dude for the first almost 200 pages. And then he leaves and the journey he is on changes everything. Plus, the book manages to be funny, sexy, and terrifying while also using devastatingly brilliant language. And then the end? Worth every second I spent hating this dude and trifling men in general.Trust me, that is a lot of seconds. If you’ve never read Toni Morrison, read Beloved or The Bluest Eye or Sula. Don’t start here. When you are ready to read this book, trust Morrison. Give yourself to her and her powerful ways, her guttingly precise sentences, her wild imagination, her unbending and lava hot love of Black people. It may take you places inside yourself you never knew about, heal things you didn’t know were broken, offer you a clarity that sparkles like light in a prism. This book is a blessing. A hard blessing, yes, but still a blessing.