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viporras's review
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Miscarriage, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, War, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment
ricksilva's review
- 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
5.0
The lasting effects of slavery are examined through this ghost story that brings the horrors past of life on a farm called Sweet Home into the haunted present. On a purely horror-story level, the returned Beloved is creepy in dozens of subtle ways, while the story is also operating on a symbolic level.
Morrison's mastery of language is also on full display, with brilliantly powerful phrasing and images.
Graphic: Vomit, Child death, Slavery, and Sexual assault
itslemoi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Torture, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Classism, Child abuse, Child death, and Blood