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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

802 reviews

bardspeak's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Violence

raquelmozart_123's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Violence

lilyeligator's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape

soyabeanos's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment

strawberry_seagull's review against another edition

4.5

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: Complicated

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ougghhhhh toni morrison writes so beautifully. hard to get through because it is so emotionally dense. love her tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape

syags's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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After three years of having this on my bookshelf I have finally finished The Bluest Eye. While I wish I liked this more, and wanted to like this more, I found that the book was extremely scattered and depressing. There’s so much sexual violence, domestic abuse, poverty, and racism spreed throughout each of the pages that it made it hard to want to read. Pecola from birth was set up to fail from all the adults that were supposed to protect her. 

I’m happy I read it and finally finished but wow was that a tough read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Blood, Excrement, Pregnancy

nlg518's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault

alspacedout's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment

Minor: Excrement

skele_queen's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective 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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Short yet Morrison never misses. The prose is just the right balance of metaphor and directness and the content is hard to stomach but important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism