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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-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
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism
Haunting and eerily strange. At time poetic, but very slow moving. Toni Morrison is definitely a poet with words.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
medium-paced
The story of a woman named Sethe, 18 years after she escaped slavery, and after she was almost recaptured. The story is about the trauma and the ghosts that follow her and all the other characters.
Amazing book from a lot of standpoints, writing style, characters & the way they interact. Hard to read sometimes. The way I kept describing it to people was looming dread but not quite; more like whenever you picked it up to read it there was always something lurking in the corner not ont the horizon. I believe this is old enough to be considered a classic book, if so definitely one of my favorites. The writing is genuinely great and it needed to be to get through all the complexity that is people.
Amazing book from a lot of standpoints, writing style, characters & the way they interact. Hard to read sometimes. The way I kept describing it to people was looming dread but not quite; more like whenever you picked it up to read it there was always something lurking in the corner not ont the horizon. I believe this is old enough to be considered a classic book, if so definitely one of my favorites. The writing is genuinely great and it needed to be to get through all the complexity that is people.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What an incredible book. We chose to read this for book club as it is one of the most commonly banned book in America. The story had so many metaphors it was an excellent choice for discussion. The author said in an interview that she wrote the book so that readers would get a richer understanding with a second read, and I am excited to follow her advice.
This was a very difficult book to read in many ways, but I would fully recommend.
This was a very difficult book to read in many ways, but I would fully recommend.