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vidhi26p 's review for:
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
“She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. But the third, the one you drink because it’s there, because it can’t hurt, and because what difference does it make?”
Is it possible to like (or even respect) a book where you cannot like nor respect it’s main character? That’s the question on the table, folks.
This book consists of a horrific main character who has never known or understood struggle in his life compared to the rest of his community, & is disrespectful of nearly every woman he’s ever come into contact with (yes, mother & sisters included).
It hurt to read parts of this (see quote above) and not in a good way. Because let’s be honest, there wasn’t enough in here actually condemning his actions.
Not to mention the book itself, was quite dull to read. The plot was unentertaining at best, obscure at worst and I’m sorry, but Toni Morrison is not a good enough writer to let character development drive her novels.
All in all, disappointed, disgusted, and will literally never recommend this to anyone. Seems we’ve fallen into the classic trap of “popular author is actually really bad (I’m looking at you Colleen Hoover) because an average reader might not recognize poor quality writing.”
Is it possible to like (or even respect) a book where you cannot like nor respect it’s main character? That’s the question on the table, folks.
This book consists of a horrific main character who has never known or understood struggle in his life compared to the rest of his community, & is disrespectful of nearly every woman he’s ever come into contact with (yes, mother & sisters included).
It hurt to read parts of this (see quote above) and not in a good way. Because let’s be honest, there wasn’t enough in here actually condemning his actions.
Not to mention the book itself, was quite dull to read. The plot was unentertaining at best, obscure at worst and I’m sorry, but Toni Morrison is not a good enough writer to let character development drive her novels.
All in all, disappointed, disgusted, and will literally never recommend this to anyone. Seems we’ve fallen into the classic trap of “popular author is actually really bad (I’m looking at you Colleen Hoover) because an average reader might not recognize poor quality writing.”