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In my eyes, Beloved and The Bluest Eye establish Toni Morrison as the greatest author of all time. Paradise establishes her as a god.
A note- this book is grand. There are probably over a hundred characters, multiple settings, and the plot unfolds over decades. It is necessary for the story that Morrison is trying to tell, but it also makes the book difficult to read. Don't pick up this book unless you have time to live in it. I read it over the course of three sittings, and even that was pushing it! Any more, and I would have forgotten enough of the threads to damage my understanding of the book.
Don't let that deter you. Morrison utilizes the same magical realism as Beloved and The Bluest Eye in this book, except on a much wider scale, giving the novel a feeling of breadth and wonder and horror and mystery that I don't think I'll ever feel again.
11/10.
A note- this book is grand. There are probably over a hundred characters, multiple settings, and the plot unfolds over decades. It is necessary for the story that Morrison is trying to tell, but it also makes the book difficult to read. Don't pick up this book unless you have time to live in it. I read it over the course of three sittings, and even that was pushing it! Any more, and I would have forgotten enough of the threads to damage my understanding of the book.
Don't let that deter you. Morrison utilizes the same magical realism as Beloved and The Bluest Eye in this book, except on a much wider scale, giving the novel a feeling of breadth and wonder and horror and mystery that I don't think I'll ever feel again.
11/10.