Their Eyes Were Watching God in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 29, 2018 Sushicat rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001, favorites, african-american

Born a slave, her grandmother wants better for Janie. The safety of a prosperous marriage is what she secures for her. But there is no happiness there for her. Neither in her second marriage, though outwardly even more of a success than the first one. Only much later in life does she find the person that matches the yearning of her soul.

This one spoke to my heart.

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Dec 04, 2015 Ed Lehman rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001-list, completed-1001-list-book

I had no idea what to expect when I picked up this book.... I usually have an aversion to anything religious... as the title seemed to promise...but it is on the 1001 Books You Must Read List and fit tone of the task of one of my book club challenges. The forward by Ruby Dee made me expect some type of 1930's philosophical novel. But...WOW, WOW, WOW. I was riveted throughout the entire work. I will never forget the main character, Janie who is pressured as a young girl to marry a man she doesn't ...more

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Feb 28, 2016 Lindsey rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: american, 1900-1950, classics, hfu2016

This is a book I re-read-the first time being a high school assignment. I was hoping to get more out of it the second time around but I didn't. The dialogue was just so hard for me to follow. While I understand it was done that way to be more realistic and in character, I just found myself having to re-read the words just to figure out what was being said. Also, Janie was just too passive, simply following the man who was the most complimentary to her at the time. Death by rabies was, honestly, ...more

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May 27, 2020 Em rated it it was amazing

Shelves: loved-it

Once I switched from reading to listening to the book, I enjoyed it more. At first, I did like the book, I couldn't read it, I tried many times over the years. But then I got it on audible, which helped me get through the book. But Janie did a lot of whiny (may have been the narrator) and depending on her husbands. She didn't speak her mind, until she was with Tea Cake, and that's when she was the whinest, and can't live without him.
But I have to remember the era and setting of the book. It wou ...more

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