A review by cati
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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Read this after I finished Song of Solomon, so that's going to affect my rating of this. Hm. It's not a bad book, I just enjoyed her other book better. But! We're talking about this book, not that one.  I enjoyed Frank and Cee's relationship, I'm a sucker for good sibling dynamics. Of course, the prose is beautiful, though, it's less flowery than Solomon. There were parts where Morrison would describe the death of Frank's friends and it would disturb me--disturbed me more than what McCarthy wrote in Blood Meridian (yeah i said it). I think I wanted more from this book. I understand that Morrison stopped writing this book for a bit (according to Wikipedia) due to a tragedy in her life, so maybe that affected the length of this book, but, who knows. I think this would be a good introductory book for readers interested in getting into Toni Morrison's books. 
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