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A review by writervid
Beloved by Toni Morrison
5.0
I have been feeling feeling a type of way ever since I finished this book.
I don't think I can fully go into it now, but here are a few things. The first is that Toni Morrison knows how to WRITE, how to lay the words on the page so they strike true and make meaning. The second is that her understanding of the human spirit and her expression of it on the page is one of the best I've ever read, and the way she creates each character's arc and completes it (or doesn't) is phenomenal. The third is that this is one of those rare books that demands from the reader both the capability to think and to feel, and reminds us of the necessity of both. The fourth is that I wish my English class hadn't sped through this so I could savor it more deeply.
I don't think I can fully go into it now, but here are a few things. The first is that Toni Morrison knows how to WRITE, how to lay the words on the page so they strike true and make meaning. The second is that her understanding of the human spirit and her expression of it on the page is one of the best I've ever read, and the way she creates each character's arc and completes it (or doesn't) is phenomenal. The third is that this is one of those rare books that demands from the reader both the capability to think and to feel, and reminds us of the necessity of both. The fourth is that I wish my English class hadn't sped through this so I could savor it more deeply.