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lacy30twin1 's review for:
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
I give this book a 3. I hate to say it but I had higher expectations for this book. It was entertaining but it felt disjointed to me. IMO there were several, seemingly, related sub plots that could be linked but never truly got there. From learning about his conception, to learning about his parents' marraige, to his affair with Hagar, to learning about Guitar's outside activities, to searching for the gold, and subsequently learning about his folks. It was all sub plots that never really came together in the end, not without a lot of reaching for connections in the readers part. And with all that reaching doesn't mean anything in the end.
Milkman is supposed to have some coming of age journey but he ended the book with the same self-centeredness that he had the whole time. Learning more about his father's people did help him have a better understanding of that side of his family but he never really does become a better man at the end.
Speaking of the end, it was completely unexpected. For someone who was being hunted by his former best friend he sure didn't seem to care very much. Or even how that affected those around him. Well, I guess that was just his nonchalant attitude towards his own life but hoes to show how selfish he still was in the end.
And how any of this has anything to do with the man that jumped off the roof of the hospital is still a mystery to me even though I think it's supposed to somehow.
Would I recommend this book after all of that? Sure, why not.
Milkman is supposed to have some coming of age journey but he ended the book with the same self-centeredness that he had the whole time. Learning more about his father's people did help him have a better understanding of that side of his family but he never really does become a better man at the end.
Speaking of the end, it was completely unexpected. For someone who was being hunted by his former best friend he sure didn't seem to care very much. Or even how that affected those around him. Well, I guess that was just his nonchalant attitude towards his own life but hoes to show how selfish he still was in the end.
And how any of this has anything to do with the man that jumped off the roof of the hospital is still a mystery to me even though I think it's supposed to somehow.
Would I recommend this book after all of that? Sure, why not.