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A review by kierscrivener
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
"How the demonization of an entire race can take root in the most vulnerable"
Telling the story of Pecola and the characters around her, how the impact of racism causes broken families and shame.
It is an important and traumatizing story that confronts beauty standards, sexual trauma/violence, abuse and racism head on. Interspersed with outtakes of mid century children's books that further show the alienation between what White America viewed America as and the reality that Black and other marginalized group lived. How ignorance and supremacy wreck people, families and individuals.
Telling the story of Pecola and the characters around her, how the impact of racism causes broken families and shame.
It is an important and traumatizing story that confronts beauty standards, sexual trauma/violence, abuse and racism head on. Interspersed with outtakes of mid century children's books that further show the alienation between what White America viewed America as and the reality that Black and other marginalized group lived. How ignorance and supremacy wreck people, families and individuals.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Slavery, Abortion, and Pregnancy