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A casa by Toni Morrison

18 reviews

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Violence, and War

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Racism, Mental illness, War, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Police brutality, Blood, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

ghulsona's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Violence, War, and Medical content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime

Minor: Infertility

booksybochinche's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

shannonigans322's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I checked out this audiobook to fulfill a challenge prompt ("by a Nobel Prize winner"). It's narrated by the author and I highly recommend it. Morrison imbues her words with such sensitivity and nuance; I doubt I would've enjoyed this emotionally complex narrative nearly as much if I had read it on the page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, War, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

bookishplantmom's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

3.5

As with many Morrison books this is a beautifully written and gut wrenching story. The author is unflinching in her depictions of some of the harshest realities Black Americans face. These are the types of stories I have the deepest respect for but struggle to « enjoy » because they strike so close to home (no pun intended). A necessary book which feels almost too real for me to handle. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Drug use, Medical trauma, and Racism

kumquatlemon's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.75

Morrison writes characters into existence in a way that makes them feel alive. I feel like I've met Cee before, heard about Frank from friends, and was raised by the women of Lotus. The world they inhabited felt real, like it was a fraction of the story many of us share and come to live, but with experiences so unknowable and specific to the people that tell it. 

HOME is written to examine what that word means, who you share it with, and how you come to name it. It is a beautiful book, with beautiful structure, and an even more beautiful message.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Grief, Medical content, Blood, and Medical trauma

Depictions of bodily harm typical of war.

gloriatulwan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

❤️

Instant 5/5, read it in 4 hours, cried at the end.

"In this world with these people she wanted to be the person who would never again need rescue."

"I can be miserable if I want to. You don't need to try and make it go away. It shouldn't go away. It's just as sad as it ought to be and I'm not going to hide from what's true just because it hurts."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts