A review by jayisreading
Sula by Toni Morrison

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I think this is a book I’m going to have to reread, only because I wasn’t in the right mindset to read it. Sula is short but packed with emotion and lyricism. Following the friendship of Sula and Nel over time, Morrison powerfully depicts the complexities of relationships and life circumstances through these two Black women. They’re incredibly messy and heavy things, and Morrison doesn’t shy away from the details. This is definitely not a book you want to read in one sitting.

I don’t have much else to say other than this: Morrison is incredible with words. Not a single word is wasted, and each one is used to craft beautiful and vivid sentences. Her gift for storytelling will never fail to amaze me.
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