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Beloved
by Toni Morrison
This is a book filled to the brim with emotion and the personal history of its characters, themselves examples of all those stories of the suffering people who time forgot. Some of the pages truly feel as haunted as Sethe feels by what happened. This was an emotional experience that touched me at times unlike any other book.
But there were a few other times, mostly towards the end, where the message and symbolism was completely lost on me. That might have been a shortcoming of mine but it hindered my enjoyment. The highpoint was those 4 chapters in Part II of the thoughts of Sethe, Denver, and Beloved, while the low was most of Part III. I'm not saying it's a bad ending, it wasn't and what Beloved and Sethe end up doing to each other just felt so right and like a natural progression of the story. It just all flew by so past that it surprised me.
Nonetheless, this is an amazing book and I understand the hype around it completely. I can both see why people would adore it and give it 5-stars, but also understand why some people can't vibe with it as well due to it's highly emotional and symbolic prose.
Those last few pages of Paul D and Sethe gave me hope for the future though, despite everything, and I think that's beautiful.
But there were a few other times, mostly towards the end, where the message and symbolism was completely lost on me. That might have been a shortcoming of mine but it hindered my enjoyment. The highpoint was those 4 chapters in Part II of the thoughts of Sethe, Denver, and Beloved, while the low was most of Part III. I'm not saying it's a bad ending, it wasn't and what Beloved and Sethe end up doing to each other just felt so right and like a natural progression of the story. It just all flew by so past that it surprised me.
Nonetheless, this is an amazing book and I understand the hype around it completely. I can both see why people would adore it and give it 5-stars, but also understand why some people can't vibe with it as well due to it's highly emotional and symbolic prose.
Those last few pages of Paul D and Sethe gave me hope for the future though, despite everything, and I think that's beautiful.