Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

35 reviews

gjkennedy's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

So incredibly difficult to read. Toni Morrison is a master of prose and laying characters uncomfortably and starkly bare. I firmly believe she is in a class all her own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Hate crime

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Excrement

despicablecow'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Incest, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, Sexism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

dante_x's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual assault

browneyedbookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯. 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. (𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘞/𝘊𝘞) 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘺𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Racism

Moderate: Incest and Racial slurs

recollections's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexism