Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

172 reviews

affiknittyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Animal death, Racism, Bullying, and Pedophilia

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

camillebrianna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs

asiminam's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Bullying

charisw's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Rape, Incest, Pregnancy, and Sexism

br14nn4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Incest, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Emotional abuse

mattyvreads'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

An absolutely harrowing and hugely important piece of literature. Possibly the saddest book I have ever read.

Morrison’s words are pure poetry. The issues she discusses in this novel are still relevant today. Not just horrifying, but horrifyingly true.

Everyone should read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Animal death, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Alcoholism

caromore's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

sarina_klinst's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

This book broke me! 
But I beleave everybody should read IT...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Racism, Classism, Cursing, Sexual content, Rape, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Incest