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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)

Toni Morrison

Start date: July 1, 2022

Finish date: July 31, 2022

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Aug 06, 2008 Ricki rated it it was amazing

Whatever you do, don't look for a synopsis of this book before you begin; instead,let the writing unfold the story and the characters for you.
I can't believe I only found Morrison a month ago but perhaps this was just serendipity - I am now ready for the depth of her writing. It isn't a quick and easy read, the story doesn't unfold in a linear fashion nor do her characters. It has the feel of the way life works - finding out bits about others and ourselves in drips and drabs and going back and ...more

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Aug 14, 2007 J.D. rated it liked it · review of another edition

I will concur with many of the other reviews from people who left this book frustrated. I feel that this had so much potential to be absolutely great(and parts of it were that I thoroughly enjoyed in spite of not liking it as a whole), but she made such an intense effort to make it something more grandiose, which was too obscure for me. Maybe one day it will all click.

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May 11, 2008 Pamela rated it it was amazing

I'd love to teach this book (along some other works, including Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher") as a great example of the American Gothic.
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