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This is a powerful book - I read it in chaotic circumstances around the holidays so it was hard to savor it as much as I wanted to, but it is beautifully-written and visionary
This was actually my first Toni Morrison book, and I understand why she’s such a force. Each of the perspectives in this book have such a clear voice and set of motivations that nimbly circle the horrendous tragedy in this center of this book.
Toni Morrison is also an excellent reader of her own work.
To no one's surprise, Toni Morrison's use of language is beautiful. Simple, without a single wasted word she heartbreakingly tells the story of Pecola, a young black girl whose only wish is to be beautiful, a beauty she believes will come if only she had blue eyes. My reflections are too complex to voice right now, only that I feel a need to read everything Toni Morrison has written... that her insights, into black culture and human existence, are too important not too.
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I totally love this book! I can't believe that you didn't enjoy it that much. Morrison does a fantastic job with creating psychologically deep characters. The structure of this book also adds to the depth of the characters, as well as mimicks the variety of ways in which society compartmentalizes individuals based on economic status, gender and race.
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