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I can't seem to find the words to adequately review this book. So, please let my measly five-stars do the talking.
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Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God has the dubious distinction of being one only 3 books I have truly hated in the entirety of my academic career, kindergarten through college. The book has pretty lofty company - its compatriots are The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. When I say I hated these books, I mean, it was an active and visceral hatred. I’m typically pretty okay with required readings - I can almost always find something to adm
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I loved seeing Janie find herself and become an independent person. Hurston also did a wonderful job of describing the settings. Although the dialogue can be difficult to read, I felt it brought out personalities and made the connections between the characters stronger.
A modern classic for sure. It took a bit for me to get used to reading the dialogue, but once I did, the story flew by. I loved how nuanced Zora Neale Hurston wrote Janie - both strong and vulnerable, independent and clinging, free-thinking and complacent.
A. This was very different from anything I’ve read before. It’s the story of a woman of colour’s life; being raised by her grandmother, the various men in her life. A unique perspective for me from a writer of colour in the 30s.
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