Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

3 reviews

aleksanski's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Incest, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Abandonment, Bullying, Abortion, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

Minor: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

skudiklier'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

4.5

This book is heartbreaking, in a slow and unusual way. The writing is beautiful, and though it felt pretty slow for the first half, I'm glad I read it. I think I'd recommend waiting to read the foreword until after you've finished the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual assault, Bullying, Pedophilia, Racism, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion and Ableism

Anti-Romani slur (g slur)

kierscrivener's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

 "How the demonization of an entire race can take root in the most vulnerable"

Telling the story of Pecola and the characters around her, how the impact of racism causes broken families and shame.

It is an important and traumatizing story that confronts beauty standards, sexual trauma/violence, abuse and racism head on. Interspersed with outtakes of mid century children's books that further show the alienation between what White America viewed America as and the reality that Black and other marginalized group lived. How ignorance and supremacy wreck people, families and individuals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Abortion