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320 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394423296
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Publication date: 12 March 1981
Description
The author of Song of Solomon now sets her extraordinary novelistic powers on a striking new course. Tar Baby, audacious and hypnotic, is masterful in its mingling of tones--of longing and alarm, of urbanity and a primal, mythic force in which th...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,782 reviews
Moods
emotional 65%
challenging 53%
tense 47%
dark 45%
sad 24%
mysterious 21%
funny 14%
adventurous 11%
hopeful 4%
inspiring 4%
informative 2%
Pace
slow 44%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 73% | A mix: 24% | Plot: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 38% | No: 9%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 59% | No: 28% | Yes: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 12% | No: 1% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, Child abuse, RacismModerate
Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Mental illnessMinor
Rape, Murder, Sexual assault
320 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394423296
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Publication date: 12 March 1981
Description
The author of Song of Solomon now sets her extraordinary novelistic powers on a striking new course. Tar Baby, audacious and hypnotic, is masterful in its mingling of tones--of longing and alarm, of urbanity and a primal, mythic force in which th...
Community Reviews Summary of 1,782 reviews
Moods
emotional 65%
challenging 53%
tense 47%
dark 45%
sad 24%
mysterious 21%
funny 14%
adventurous 11%
hopeful 4%
inspiring 4%
informative 2%
Pace
slow 44%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 73% | A mix: 24% | Plot: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 52% | It's complicated: 38% | No: 9%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 59% | No: 28% | Yes: 11%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 3%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 85% | It's complicated: 12% | No: 1% | N/A: 1%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Racial slurs, Child abuse, RacismModerate
Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Mental illnessMinor
Rape, Murder, Sexual assault