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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

250 reviews

shoohoob's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Truly a deeply unsettling book but an important read. This was my first Toni Morrison book and I fell in love with the way she writes. 

I found myself grimacing and truly being shocked by so much of what happened in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

jx2188's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Classism

emicrk's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Vomit

janayzelenko's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Pregnancy

Minor: Physical abuse

library_of_wonder's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Imma need to reread and annotate 'cause this requires "academic brain" to be at work

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape

jessthanthree's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury

maddie_1999's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood

jme14's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Toni Morrison is officially in my top two authors of all time (next to Steinbeck, I can't choose between them). Morrison is a master at manipulating the form to tell her stories as they are supposed to be told. There are no rules: the story is out of order, the characters are unrelentingly disturbing and disturbed, and the language blunt. She is the master of empathy. She conjures such vile actors, then turns your rage into uncomfortable sadness, transferring that rage from the individual to the setting. I don't know how she can do it, but she's done it twice (in her labeled masterpiece "Beloved" and now in this). Her work is deeply disturbing, but there's no other way to convey these themes in a way as affecting as this. She is a true master and deserving in her place among the greatest authors of all time. 

I don't think this is QUITE as good as "Beloved" due to her clearly more unrefined style. This feels more restrained with its magical realism and slightly less comprehensive with its characters, but that is some extreme nit-picking. Seriously, read this book. I'm so excited (and emotionally nervous) to read the rest of her work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

syk's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault

angelinite's review against another edition

4.0

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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i think i need to read this again to fully understand it. what i'm left with is the sense of pecola's abscence from the book, whilst even the most horrible of characters get the chance to be heard she is kept silent and that is the most poignant thing for me about this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Alcohol