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Recitatif by Toni Morrison

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ashliesydel's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

4.0

dreaming_ace's review against another edition

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3.0

The story was ok, I know from reading the super long introduction how it was a thought experiment around writing race but for me personally the question of which character was black and which was white was unimportant (Not in a we can erase race way but more in a knowing one was black and one was white was enough to contextualize their interactions without needing to worry about which character was which within those interactions) and so I struggled to care about the story or the characters because I didn't feel like I knew either of them beyond a surface level and the short story had very little plot to grab my attention.

c100's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

lerawr's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

ashfrxns's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

não vou mentir, pela primeira vez na vida a introdução de outra pessoa me ajudou a entender o livro um pouco melhor.

entendi o ponto do livro e achei uma sacada bem inteligente, mas acho que perdi muitíssimo da experiência por se tratar de uma narrativa tão bem feita. tem referências culturais, geográficas e de linguagem estadunidense, então não vai ter jeito de eu achar tão genial quanto acharia se esse livro se passasse no brasil.

acho que vale a experiência, mas não se teria lido se soubesse do quão específico é.