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What Members Thought

Jennifer W
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!
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Letitia
Jul 19, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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 ...more
Tiffany
Eh. I thought this book was good enough the first time around, not as great the second time.
Liz Murray
Oct 22, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Rachel
Nov 20, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: fiction
Dinh
Mar 30, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: fiction, 1900s
Christina
Apr 29, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Renee
Jun 30, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: creepy
Andreana Donahue
Nov 17, 2008 rated it really liked it
Laura
Dec 01, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: america
Angela Chaos
Mar 16, 2009 marked it as to-read
Fadhia Mahamood
Mar 19, 2009 marked it as to-read
Cel
Apr 22, 2009 marked it as to-read
Erin
May 06, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical
Isa29
Jul 04, 2009 marked it as to-read
Kim
Oct 05, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Carol
Sep 20, 2010 is currently reading it
Mary
May 31, 2011 marked it as to-read
Pang
Sep 17, 2011 marked it as to-read
Diana
Dec 13, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Becca
Feb 09, 2012 marked it as to-read
Linda
Jul 22, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own, banned-book
Eileen
Dec 03, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction-race
Ellen
Aug 22, 2013 marked it as to-read
Cristella
Jul 17, 2015 is currently reading it
Shelves: pulitzer
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