Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Beloved by Toni Morrison

196 reviews

treyberry12's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Violence, Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, Rape, and Physical abuse

unicornmistyy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book is winding, terrifying, haunting -it's a truly impressive form of literary art that manages to combine magical realism with gut-wrenching depictions of brutality and trauma. Toni Morrison's writing is deeply lyrical and meandering, as though you are wandering through a landscape that is both dream and reality. I'm glad to have read this, yet also glad to put it back on my shelf. While Toni Morrison's works are objectively great literature, I cannot candidly say that they are enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual violence

juicytimm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

absolutely brutal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Slavery

earlygrey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

dora_w3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Pregnancy, and Child death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

wornpagesandendlesscoffey's review against another edition

While I am absolutely certain that this book is phenomenal, it is not one that I was able to get through unfortunately. I was aware going in that child loss was a theme, but I was wholly unprepared for the way that that seem would play out within pages of this book. I will absolutely try another of this authors books at a later date. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Blood, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Incest, Murder, and Slavery

ag_berry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Slavery, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Blood, War, and Rape

pipbiz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Slavery, and Child death

Moderate: Sexism and War

lilmischrysalis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Rape

judewalkerstories's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Death, and Racial slurs