books4kay 's review for:

Beloved by Toni Morrison

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

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Beloved is a harrowing tale of what it is like to endure chattel slavery and love your children so much that you would do anything to prevent them from enduring it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Murder, Abandonment