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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

172 reviews

ashmasta13's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Slavery

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

cass_lit's review against another edition

3.5

Everyone knows Toni Morrison is a legendary writer, and her debut The Bluest Eye is no exception. Her writing is devastating and haunting, and it makes a story that’s already devastating and haunting that much more poignant. You feel for eleven-year-old Pecola, but you also feel for the people around her and the time they’re in. And then you question humanizing the people who put Pecola in this situation. The Bluest Eye isn’t an easy, fun read.  But it’s a peak into human nature that you’re not going to get from just any book, and Toni Morrison does it again and again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Animal death, and Incest

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

aveincobalt's review against another edition

1.0

No one warned me that 40 pages from the end of this Classic Book a father would rape his 11 year old daughter.  This is written from his point of view.  At the end of a chapter that tells his history in an obvious attempt to humanize him.  

The next chapter is from the POV of a pedophile who interacts with the daughter while she is pregnant and then writes a multi page letter to God talking about what he has done to girls before and saying how much restraint he had to not touch her.  

The town gossips blame the literal child because obviously she had to do something to encourage her father to do this to her.  When we finally do see things from her POV she has lost both the baby and her mind.  

This is disgusting.  And completely unnecessary.  She wants The Bluest Eyes because blue eyes are pretty so maybe if she has blue eyes she will be and feel pretty.  The rest of the novel was doing a great job of explaining the circumstances that would cause someone to want to be something they are not without resorting to explicit child rape.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Incest, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism and Animal death

scarroll178's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Brilliantly written. Just, wow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, and Animal death

peach0's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Incest

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Mental illness

kananineko's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Racism

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

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