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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)

Toni Morrison

Start date: June 1, 2022

Finish date: June 30, 2022

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Nov 01, 2015 Krissy marked it as dnf

Shelves: tagged-classics, pgs-300-399, book2film, cover-color-red

I won't rate this since I didn't get very far into it. I only managed just under 2 hours of audio. I've never read this author before so I was not prepared for her type of writing style. I had a difficult time getting into the story let alone understanding wtf was going on. Plus I am not a fan of authors doing their own narration of their audiobooks. I rarely enjoy it. She just has a very breathy and sleepy voice which didn't help me at all getting into the book. But after reading a full plot su ...more

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May 02, 2020 Anastasia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, historical, womens-issues, racial-ethnic-experiences, class-issues, read-before-2000, trafficking-slavery, 2020

I listened to the audiobook read by the author in her beautiful, regal, rich, melodious voice.

It was my second read (not sure when I read it for the first time; just that it was before 2000) and I was, once again, blown away by this master storyteller. I loved the way she created characters who were at once so modern in their self-conceptions that they were easy to relate to and yet so of their historic moment that the reader was transported back to post-slavery Ohio. For me, the power in this ...more

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Dec 02, 2007 Graceann rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, banned-by-idiots

This is a demanding, difficult read - Toni Morrison does not talk down to her audiences; she expects you to keep up and she doesn't wait for you to catch up before moving on to the next metaphor so delicate that it can be completely lost by the inattentive reader. This novel is sweeping, painful and ultimately rewarding. ...more

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Jun 04, 2008 Noel rated it it was amazing

FAVORITE LINE: "To get to a place where you could love anything you chose - not to need permission for desire - well now, that was freedom."

FAVORITE FORESHADOWING SCENE: Three characters, walking from a carnival (I think), their shadows linked. ...more

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Mar 16, 2016 Yusra Asaad rated it liked it

Shelves: 3-stars

This is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel based on the true story of the woman slave named Margaret Garner.

In the novel "Sethe" who after escaping from the plantation "Sweet Home" that abused her, ended up murdering her baby daughter out of love!
Then after years, this daughter comes back as a presence in the house where Sethe lives. After being run out of the house by "Paul D" comes back in person!

I liked the story, but the telling of it bothered me. Going back and forth from past to present, from ...more

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