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torihope98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Racism, and Rape
Moderate: Racial slurs and Alcoholism
hapikohw's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Pecola Breedlove, there are many of you. Many failed. May we fail many others no more.
Toni Morrison, may you rest in peace and power. You completed everything you hoped to in your foreword.
Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Classism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Ableism
schwartzdns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Moderate: Physical abuse, Body shaming, Incest, Alcoholism, Racism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Rape
soyb3an's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Child death, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Sexual violence
snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Incest, Excrement, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
lizcheyenne's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Body shaming
Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Ableism and Animal cruelty
afroheaux's review against another edition
- 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
I love Toni Morrison's style of prose, fusing poetry with narrative to show truth. The structure of the book was more so to showcase various lives of Black people and how those lives lived impact their actions. Pecola and her family are described by themselves and the world around them, but the narrative questions that label. What does it mean to be beautiful? What makes one desirable and one not and how does that affect their life outcomes? This book puts you into the skin of the forgotten, ruined, abandoned, and wicked. It can get ugly at times. That's the truth of it all, though. Morrison does not shy away from it one bit and it pays off in spades. I'm going to be thinking about this book for a long time.
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, Incest, Rape, and Domestic abuse
ashbeth2011's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Rape, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence
jocelyn_t's review against another edition
- 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
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
asiminam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
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