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A review by marthadude
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Mental illness and Abandonment
Minor: Excrement, Fatphobia, and Grief
Heavy warnings for incest, rape, pedophilia, and racism. Even though the book spoils this in the beginning Pecola, an 11 year old girl, is raped and impregnated by her own father. The scene is fairly disturbing. It's not overly graphic but it is explicit and hard to read. Pecola is not only beaten by her mother because of this, but the townspeople look down on her despite being the victim. As a trauma response, she is driven to a sort of madness. The baby also doesn't make it. . There is also a character who is a self confessed pedophile, but there are no explicit scenes between him and children.