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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

152 reviews

caramelcaylee's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child abuse, Rape, Death, Alcoholism, Grief, Physical abuse, Animal death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Addiction, Incest, Domestic abuse, Racism, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

mx_mistoffolees's review against another edition

5.0

Beautifully written, visceral and heart breaking. Also a Beautifully recorded audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Physical abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Vomit, and Miscarriage

cadams93's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-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? N/A

5.0

Beautiful. Haunting. Incredibly insightful Afterword as well. It’s a classic for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage

jocelyn_t's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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 love the premise of this book. Especially reading from the perspective of a poc woman it’s easy to spot the similarities that seem to be universal for people of colour. However, a black womans identity being represented through the characters AND the author allowed me to gain access to a new perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Body shaming, Grief, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Abandonment and Religious bigotry

dizzzybrook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

mossonastone's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Violence

bugsybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

I feel really complex feelings about this book. My heart aches for the children, and i was truly wrapped up in the story. TW: incest/ SA

I truly though found the SA to be a bit much, particularly how descriptive it was. It also felt pretty unnecessary for the story being told.

The book is beautifully written and incredibly emotional, my heart really did break particularly for Pecola

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Classism, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Rape, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexism, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

mrlivia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

Toni Morrison's masterful integration of the reader into the seasons of a black childhood in 1920/40s America makes the tragic plot painfully resonant. She cleverly uses innocent narration across generations to reveal the trauma and abuse that serves as the backdrop to the horrors that Percola, an eleven year old girl, undergoes. The novel serves to reveal more than an isolated case of abuse, but the barren social landscape in which all the characters are forced to survive in a racially segregated and hateful America.
"A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfilment"
The way we see the world is brought into question by Morrison - how a child sees her life, and how the  colour of her eyes can change the beauty she sees in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Incest, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Rape

carseatwarmers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Bullying, Animal death, Death, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

aaannina's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Incest, Hate crime, and Alcoholism