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Home by Toni Morrison

1 review

jaan's review

challenging dark reflective fast-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? Yes

4.5

Short, but a really powerful book. And sad. Circular narrative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Medical trauma

Moderate: Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism

Be warned that this book deals explicitly with eugenics, post-traumatic stress disorder (Frank is a Black veteran returning from Korea), child neglect, and violently racist institutions and behaviors in Jim Crow America. Lynchings are mentioned briefly throughout and graphically described towards the end.