Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

153 reviews

laurianeisreading's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying

rsagarin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

emerentina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

lilyhduong's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Racism

dannymonty's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

What do I even say. This book hurt me. It hurt me so poetically that I have to love it. Toni Morrison writes so confidently. She so assertively builds the world of her story that it is unquestionably real. I’m going to have to read something more cheery after this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Excrement, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

tinareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Animal death

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thekristinashow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

My first Toni Morrison book, but it’s definitely not my last. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

larissakoedood's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, and Pregnancy

tgij's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

The book does a lot of world-building and gives a lot of background for how the main character ended up in her current life. There were eye-opening passages. I reflected on how Pecola’s father’s upbringing impacted his parenting and how different his thinking was from how I would imagine going on to parent my children if I had the life he lived. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis