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Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)

Toni Morrison

Start date: August 1, 2021

Finish date: August 19, 2021

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Sep 28, 2024 Raymond rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was a challenging book to read but I found it fascinating and hard to put down. A creative way to tell a story about the mistreatment of women, feminism/sisterhood, and patriarchy in a all-Black community. I like how Morrison wrote each chapter introducing a new main character and bringing pieces of the story. It was not until I got to Patricia's chapter that things started coming together. Only a genius could write in this way and pull it off. It is very well written, I may have to read th ...more

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Jun 11, 2017 Marilyn Diamond rated it really liked it

I wanted to read something off of my shelf to be read different. I had no idea how different Paradise would be. Living in Ruby, Oklahoma is "The Covenant." Why because of our differences or color, religion, gender do we become threatened by women? The residents didn't want inter-mingling of families with those of "the Covenant" so early one morning a posse of townsmen set out to murder this group of women. Story line was suspenseful and steady paced. Interesting in only the way that Beloved Toni ...more

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Feb 21, 2018 Randy A. rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Toni Morrison will always be one of my favorites but this novel was very very lost on me. I had a hard time following even superficially because I couldn't keep the characters straight. I probably should have abandoned or chosen to approach it again in the future, but I powered through it. I'm not saying the glowing reviews are wrong. This book just wasn't for me personally - or at least I needed to be reading it as part of a course to "get it." The writing was often beautiful, though. ...more

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