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Home by Toni Morrison

30 reviews

leabharlady's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

senevilla's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical trauma, Death, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexual assault, War, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Pedophilia

sweetearlgrey's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

Toni Morrison is certainly the most humanist writer I have ever read. Although her characters partake in some disgusting acts, she does not pass any judgement on them. She also weaves these two narratives together so well, with the stories connecting to the overall theme beautifully. Despite the shortness of this novella, she manages to bring up so many different societal issues and to write characters that are quite three dimensional. While I prefer her longer works, Home still has the heart that I expect from a Toni Morrison novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child death, Gun violence, Violence, and War

aparizo704's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-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

4.0

Homecoming as a lived experience, rather than a familiar destination. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

carmentxx's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

this was a surprising twist ending. for such a short book this packs a punch. the characters are quite fleshed out and the exploration into each of their lives is interesting. however, the synopsis about this being completely about a veteran is incorrect. true, a lot of the story is about his trauma and his inability to cope with it, but i mostly enjoyed the women of whom were fleshed out in this story. they were much more likeable characters and much easier to root for. maybe that’s the point of looking into a traumatised veteran, but there is certainly something which makes frank money an unforgivable character. overall, i wish this novella were longer. morrison writes beautifully but this novella is not enough to give credit to the characters in this story. 

i wish there was more exploration into frank’s confession of shooting the korean child. it just felt a bit like a shock twist with no real consequences to his final confession. if it was such a big confession it should’ve done something to him when he confessed it. it’s also just.. weird. i don’t know. what a weird thing to use as a twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

remie's review against another edition

dark reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Murder, Religious bigotry, War, Child death, Classism, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

marthadude's review

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

rkorevenge's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Everything Toni Morrison has ever written should be mandatory reading. Check trigger warnings- very heavy content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Classism

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

hairybean's review against another edition

4.0

Very difficult themes (heed the trigger warnings), beautifully written. Two unmoored characters having to face such adversity without and within, building a home for themselves in spite of everything. The ending was really beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma