Reviews

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison

intomylibrary's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

J’ai eu du mal à me plonger dans le récit malgré sa petitesse.J’ai été captivée dès le moment où on découvre le point de vue de Booker. Je ressors mitigée par cette lecture.

C’est le deuxième livre de toni Morrison que je lis. L’œil le plus bleu (lu en vo) était brillant et excellent mais Délivrances m’a déçu.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Racism, and Toxic relationship

shanhautman's review

4.0

Always good. Always leaves me in awe.

margauxreadit's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

chelseatm's review

3.0

This definitely was not Toni Morrison's strongest book. She was heavy handed with the child care theme and didn't conclude the book in what I thought was satisfactory. It was a quick read. I was not affected by anything in the story except the repeated stories of child abuse and I felt that that was the part that was heavy handed and indelicate.

Overall, I would not recommend this book.

tea_tamai's review against another edition

Too much for me content warning wise

bbbunniii's review

5.0

4.5 ⭐️

Legendary as always

abaugher's review

5.0

Morrison lays before the reader multiple travesties that are so insidious, so very widespread, so extremely prevalent as to be invisible to our society, yet all the symptoms are there. But she does it in language, inside a story, that everyone can understand. This is not a book to be ignored, just as the events in it are not to be ignored, and the events in all our lives are not to be ignored, anymore. It is time to pay attention to the ugly underbelly of our culture, our world, to bring it out in the open and heal it.

decemberscorpiomoon's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The characters are complicated. The plot is easy to follow. I wasn't a fan of Bride, like in real life I wouldn't want to be her friend. But she was well written and I can understand why she is the way she is. I also didn't feel like what she had with Booker was love, but I get it. I get how couple's get where they were. I hated that the white family were just fleeting characters when there was impact there. But I wanted to read this entire book and see how things would pan out. I love that there wasn't some happy ending that tied everything together. It did leave me with questions though about Bride and her livelihood and Brooklyn. 

eboweshulman's review

adventurous reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

So many things we do just for a mothers touch…
I want a sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

alishajenkins's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5