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A review by rainb0wreads
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
Status update: heartbroken
This book takes the most raw and excruciatingly painful look into the affects of upholding white beauty standards on young, black, bodies. Specifically the bodies of young black girls. I don’t know what much I can say other than the fact that it makes you think about just how horrible and cruel the world is to those it doesn’t favor, and how we must tend to the young with love and affection. With the truth that they are beautiful. The story is heartbreaking from beginning to end, but it showcases the insanity we drive ourselves and the generation after us to, if we are not there to care for them in the vulnerable state they are forced to grow in.
This book takes the most raw and excruciatingly painful look into the affects of upholding white beauty standards on young, black, bodies. Specifically the bodies of young black girls. I don’t know what much I can say other than the fact that it makes you think about just how horrible and cruel the world is to those it doesn’t favor, and how we must tend to the young with love and affection. With the truth that they are beautiful. The story is heartbreaking from beginning to end, but it showcases the insanity we drive ourselves and the generation after us to, if we are not there to care for them in the vulnerable state they are forced to grow in.