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After reading "The Bluest Eye" I was tremendously excited to discover Morrison's other works, but I was slightly underwhelmed.
This novel is set in a fictional town called Ruby and stretches numerous decades through the use of various perspectives and flashbacks. The novel begins by showing you the ending; the crime that is committed and then tries to illustrate to the reader how the motive for this event came about.
The differing perspectives are quite confusing as it switches quite frequently along the towns timelines. It seems to be an attempt to try and tell the story in a different way but ends up being slightly clumsy. There were also in my opinion too many characters, their offspring and their ancestors which meant keeping track harder than other novels I've read.
The concept and execution of the novel was an interesting one and Morrison's prose is always a joy to read and I look forward to discovering her other works.
This novel is set in a fictional town called Ruby and stretches numerous decades through the use of various perspectives and flashbacks. The novel begins by showing you the ending; the crime that is committed and then tries to illustrate to the reader how the motive for this event came about.
The differing perspectives are quite confusing as it switches quite frequently along the towns timelines. It seems to be an attempt to try and tell the story in a different way but ends up being slightly clumsy. There were also in my opinion too many characters, their offspring and their ancestors which meant keeping track harder than other novels I've read.
The concept and execution of the novel was an interesting one and Morrison's prose is always a joy to read and I look forward to discovering her other works.