Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

428 reviews

katara42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

feelingfrazzled's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

hanz's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

dannymonty's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

What do I even say. This book hurt me. It hurt me so poetically that I have to love it. Toni Morrison writes so confidently. She so assertively builds the world of her story that it is unquestionably real. I’m going to have to read something more cheery after this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Incest, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Excrement

tinareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Addiction, Incest, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Animal death

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Incest, Pregnancy, Body horror, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Classism, Grief, Violence, Bullying, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Sexual content

madgereads's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

Check trigger warnings before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Child abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, and Racism

thekristinashow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

My first Toni Morrison book, but it’s definitely not my last. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Racial slurs, Incest, Pedophilia, Addiction, Miscarriage, Racism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

moonlitemuseum's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-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

4.75

This one hurt really bad. Take care reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Psychosis, miscarriage

lutherosz's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It just kept getting more disturbing as you read on. Youd think there would be character development but... not really, only at the end is there a bit of reflection but at that point it was too late to really consider it as one. And by the end I literally mean the end, like 1-2 pages left end.
 
I don't think there were any morally good characters; everyone had their issues. The only character that could be loved moreso through pity is Pecola

since she was the one who suffered from everyone else till the end.

It was confusing for a while but the pieces came together as I was reading. Its definitely impactful but a lot of disgusting scenes (rape, pedophilia, incest, etc.) Though it adds onto the reality of a broken family and community that Toni Morrison was going for. It was well written, would definitely reread if I want to put myself through this painfully disturbing story again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Racism

Moderate: Incest and Pedophilia