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Words are Toni Morrison's bitches. She coddles them, exploits them, uses them, recreates them, loves them and abuses them all at once.
This novel is so subtly gut-wrenching that there are moments you forget you are reading, because it feels like living. Somehow Morrison explores the pain of desiring beauty, of being beauty, of losing beauty, and all of this in the context of race, without losing her authenticity for a moment.
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This novel is so subtly gut-wrenching that there are moments you forget you are reading, because it feels like living. Somehow Morrison explores the pain of desiring beauty, of being beauty, of losing beauty, and all of this in the context of race, without losing her authenticity for a moment.
One of the most wondrous things she does is humanize every character in ...more
I never read this as a teen, I can't imagine my school even trying to assign this! The horror! I don't know how I would have reacted to it as a young person. As an adult, I find it devasting and beautifully written, even as it turns my stomach. I find it interesting that Morrison chose to label the sections as seasons even though the book is not told in chronological order. I also find it interesting that the blurb focuses on Pecola, when it is deeply involved in several people's stories and liv
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3.5 stars. Morrison is a powerful writer, but this is one of the most depressing books I've ever read. There is no happiness in this book.
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Stunning! Toni Morrison barely puts a foot wrong and her writing always blows me away.
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