Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

797 reviews

jadams89's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage

josieweatherbyy's review against another edition

4.25

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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this was HEARTBREAKING


toni morrison has such a way with words. it was beautiful, poetic, hard hitting and heartbreaking story. i just wanted to hug pecola. toni morrison has instantly become one of my favourite authors.


my dumb brain had to re read sentences a couple of times because i couldn’t comprehend or depict what she was trying to say but once i got it i loved it. stunning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief

ewayne's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Beautiful writing, but not an enjoyable read. Very dark, absolutely hopeless and therefore was hard to read for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism

katshelf's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A must read. :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism

smaetopia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy

waywardscribble's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault

midnight_marshmallow's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault

ghost_rider's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content

Moderate: Incest, Rape

carbink's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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toni morrison has such a way with words. her prose really is like music. but please mind the content warnings at the end of this review; she does not shy away from detail. i listed as many as i could remember. a truly disturbing and haunting narrative. the foreword is a must-read to get a look into morrison's ideas for the book, and the closing is one of the hardest-hitting ones i've read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse

Minor: Excrement

luceinthelibrary's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad medium-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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This was heavy. Heavier than I was prepared for. But Morrison's writing style did not disappoint.

This is a story about racism and poverty and "pretty privilege" and feminism and all kinds of other very prevalent issues, as seen by little girls. Seeing the world through a little girl's eyes simultaneously introduces so much wonder and so much despair to the world in this book.

This Goodreads reviewer highlights so many quotes from the book that also resonated with me, so I recommend checking that out: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1700151827

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content