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Jan 28, 2022 Jess Penhallow rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: boxall-s

This classic has been sitting on my shelf for a while so I'm glad I finally got around to reading it. Although I was frustrated by a lot the decisions she made, Janie was a great character who was strong minded, adventurous, romantic and loving. You really want to root for her to get her happy ending. The men in her life are a whole other matter but you can understand what attracted her to each of them.

The real triumph of this book is in the writing. It is lyrical without being dense of flowery ...more

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

Shelves: american, classics, 1900-1950, 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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Jul 11, 2020 Karen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics

This is just a beautiful book. A true classic. Hurston has a gift nearly unequaled in literary history. She puts you in the moment as very few others can. I was as exhausted and as glad to be home as Janie was by the end of the book. I wish I could mix up a cornbread to take to her house where I could sit on her back step and see how her life has gone since. A beautiful book.

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