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Whoa... it's 3am, I've been listening to this book for weeks, and I want to start it all over again.
My late night mush brain can't be more cohesive than that, but damn! ...more
My late night mush brain can't be more cohesive than that, but damn! ...more

Morrison is truly a master of her craft. She uses both the ambiguity and clarity of language to weave a story that is poetic and mysterious, yet somehow familiar. I would not quite be able to call Beloved timeless, however. It feels, and is, a period piece. I wrote a review for this and then returned years later because I cannot get away from this book. It has stuck with me, lodged in my mind. It broke and remade me. It launched me on a journey to read everything Morrison has written. The way sh
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Eh. I thought this book was good enough the first time around, not as great the second time.

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