A review by gellyreads
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

challenging dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I feel like an asshole as I say this. I suppose I am. I remember reading Morrison before in college and loving and appreciating her. I just could not with this book. I really do not enjoy novels that are deliberately hard to read. (I only understood Claudia's POV.)
I also just really can't be okay with the idea, even if it's a child's, that a father raping his daughter is okay because he loved her.
Yeah, no. I guess I don't get it, and I should have someone explain this one to me. But I don't know that I want to try to read this one again and put in that effort. 
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