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A review by bibliophage
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
“Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.”
“When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud. And the lonesomeness in the sparks make them hunt for one another.”
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Janie's quest for independents is told here in beautiful, lyrical writing. Hurston has a gift for the descriptive––it's not overwhelming or overdone, it's just mesmerizing. I was really taken with Hurston's writing and the broader strokes of her story, but I found the movement of this particular plot line to be a bit slow and less compelling. Even so, I would pick up Hurston again in a heartbeat.
“When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud. And the lonesomeness in the sparks make them hunt for one another.”
📚📖📚
Janie's quest for independents is told here in beautiful, lyrical writing. Hurston has a gift for the descriptive––it's not overwhelming or overdone, it's just mesmerizing. I was really taken with Hurston's writing and the broader strokes of her story, but I found the movement of this particular plot line to be a bit slow and less compelling. Even so, I would pick up Hurston again in a heartbeat.