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The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

Start date: November 1, 2026

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Oct 18, 2012 Chrissie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: relationships, race, usa, philo-psychol, audible-us

Please note: I listened to the audiobook narrated by the author, not Ruby Dee.

This is a book about a child who wants to be beautiful, and that means to have blue eyes. She is black.

If you choose to read this book you should be aware that although the writing is exceptional, it is rarely cheerful:

The first twigs are thin, green and supple. They bend in a complete circle but will not break. Their delicate showy hopefulness shooting from forsythia and lilac bushes meant only a change in whipping ...more

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Jan 08, 2020 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001-books, racism, race, american-lit, read-in-2020, feminism, reading-women-2020, oprah-bookclub

I think that everyone has felt rejected at least once in our lives. We have also all looked in the mirror and seen only things we thought of as flaws. Because we have these experiences we can have compassion for Morrison's character, Pecola Breedlove.

And yet, how many of us have been rejected by the entire world for something as unchangeable as the color of our skin? How many of us want a different color eyes because we think it will make us appear lighter skinned? That blue eyes are such a trai ...more

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Sep 30, 2022 Martha rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sept-2022-books

I can't rate this book right now. I feel gutted after reading it. I read The Bluest Eye for banned book week and I'm convinced that the classroom is the very best setting to read this important but disturbing book. ...more

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