Reviews

Minun kansani, minun rakkaani by Toni Morrison

swamppig's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.5

the only thing that stopped this from being a 5 star for me was my own intelligence level

lastyearsgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

sydneypf's review against another edition

4.0

Beloved is brilliant in its use of language, rhythm, metaphor, and symbolism. Truly a great American novel. It is deeply sad as well as deeply beautiful. I did find it emotionally difficult to get through, as the characters' pain and trauma is revealed throughout the book.

niakayjones's review against another edition

3.0

Passages that stood out to me:

• “But it's not. Places, places are still there. If a house burns down, it's gone, but the place--the picture of it--stays, and not just in my rememory, but out there, in the world.”

• “For a used-to-be-slave woman to love anything that much was dangerous, especially if it was her children she had settled on to love.”

• “Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”

• “Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers--not the defined.”

• “The bigger Beloved got, the smaller Sethe became; the brighter Beloved's eyes, the more those eyes that used never to look away became slits of sleeplessness.”

• “By and by all trace is gone, and what is forgotten is not only the footprints but the water too and what it is down there. The rest is weather.”

_kathill's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

cat_mom's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

gradybell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.25

ellabratcher's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

sallyrooneystanclub's review against another edition

4.0

Yes I've fininally finished after re starting most of it again twice as keep reading other things - found it hard to read but some sections were beautiful and heart breaking. The shame of this period of time and still how much damage it's causing. Highly recommended and worth the effort.

cassandrahpenny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0