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Obviously, Morrison is a masterful writer. And a powerful, insightful intellect. You can’t miss that. But the book itself never felt really compelling for me, or at least not in a sustained way. In her Afterword, Morrison talks about the difficulty of balancing her opposing impulses:
Holding the despising glance while sabotaging it was difficult. The novel tried to hit the raw nerve of racial self-contempt, expose it, then soothe it not with narcotics but with language.I think this is connected ...more
I don't know what I was expecting, but this book didn't really deliver for me. I enjoy Morrison's way with words and I really like some of the messages in the story, but not too crazy about the redundant themes. Maybe it's just me. I would recommend the book.
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This book really made an impact.. when I tried to summarize in my mind what I felt about this book, the excerpt from the NYT review on the back said it for me: "..so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry."
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