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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)

Toni Morrison

Start date: June 1, 2022

Finish date: June 30, 2022

Discussion: 2022 Monthly Group Reads

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Feb 25, 2020 Astrid Lim rated it liked it

Shelves: literature, classic, historical-fiction, tragedy, america, magical-realism, african-american, popsugar-2020

3.5 stars from me. It's a very difficult and tough book for so many reasons. I'd like to give it more stars but Toni Morrison's style is a bit too vague for me. I understand her ingenious used of metaphors, magical realism and symbolism concept, and of course all the "read between the lines" moments. No sentence is wasted, everything has a meaning (hidden or plain).

The difficult topic is quite draining. Slavery is never easy to be digested. Especially in this book - a plot inspired by a true sto ...more

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Apr 13, 2024 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pulitzer, favorites, historical-fiction, 2024-unread-shelf-challenge

It started slow, but I could not put it down for the last 100 pages or so. It was such a well told story of trauma.

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: 1988

Format: Print (Paperback)

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