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Summary: A Southern Life Seen Through A Black Woman's Eye.
Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God was a little bit confussing in the beginning, but from the middle to the end it was good. The background history of Janie when she was young help me understand the way she looked at life and why she was so confussed about what she wanted in life. Janie grew up with white folks her Grandma worked for in West Florida. It wasn't until Janie was six years old and she saw a picture of her with the white folks that she discovered thst she wasn't white and she was really black. As she reaches the years of becoming a woman and independent she marries a man named Logan Killicks which her grandma thinks he's a decent man that will take care of her and love her, but soon a enough she meets a charming man named Joe Starks and she leaves her husband and runs off with Joe. As time moved on and Janie got tired of the bad treatments she got from her past men, a younger man named Tea Cake makes her feel happy and young again. Tea Cake and Janie go off into the Everglades and the rest is for you to read and see what happens between them. Janie goes through a lot in her life and you see it through a black woman's point of view.Mary Grace
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Summary: wow, what an amazing story
Review: This book trails the story of Janie as she finds her way towards her horizon. With beautiful words, Zora Neale Hurston lines the path of janie with gold as she meets Teacake, the man who "engages her heart and spirit in equal measure and gives her the chance to enjoy life without being one man's mule or another man's adornment."
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Summary: A fantastic book. One that should be read by all!!!!
Review: A well enjoyed, dog-earred, often looked back upon book. Hurston has a beautiful way with words. An interesting story, filled with bravery, kindness, self respect and, confidence. A real taste of living! Leaves the reader with an overwhelming sense of "I've got to let the world know about this book!" Don't let your bookshelf be without it!
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Summary: Love portrayed in many forms has never been so moving.
Review: This book was one of a kind; it caught your attention and made me finish the book in only a few days. The themes of love, race and gender all hit the spot. Janie had many loving relationships and everyone seemed to love her. When finding her true love it disappears as if it weren't meant to be. A love so great couldn't survive. But most of all her love for her best friend and herself makes it even greater. A book leaving you thought less by mind blowing issues and opinions.
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Summary: a rich and complete intertwining of poetry and prose
Review: Hurston masterfully portrays the life of her heroine, Janie Gibbs, in a manner that is both rich and rewarding. As Janie recounts her life, fraught with the struggle between obligation and freedom, she entrances both the reader as well as those she is telling her story to. Hurston mixes the earthy tones of her characters with resonant and almost lyrical poetry. Hurston captures the reader's attention from page one and refuses to let go until the book is complete. When, at the end of the novel, a character remarks that she has been changed just by hearing this story, the reader cannot help but wholeheartedly agree. Zora Neale Huston has written a veritable masterpiece that touches something akin in all human beings- the longing to be free.
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Summary: This book is a rite of passage. Heart-shaking and empowering
Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God is such a fine book. It resonates with the beauty that comes from an ordinary life. Janie is an amazing character because she is vulnerable. This book, along with The Color Purple, and Song of Solomon will go down as the best American Classics our 20th Century had to offer. Foundationalists beware! Your excuses won't work anymore! These books transcend mere "Ethnicity", and speak for the common experience of all of us.
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Summary: Absolutely Incredible
Review: I was going to read this book on my own because a friend told me it was pretty good. Then my teacher told us we were going to be reading it in class, so I had to get it any. I was completely moved by this book, and would recommend it to anyone likes a good love story. And that's comming from a guy!
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Summary: eloquent and genuine; a true masterpiece
Review: I picked this book up to read amidst my load of required college texts and was struck by its immediacy and truth. It is subtle, moving, and a testiment to the power of simplicity in the writen word. It is poetic without seeming fabricated and beautiful without seeming cumbersome. It is first-rate fiction on par with the best American literature, ever.
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Summary: a novel as rich with themes as it is with it's language
Review: a beautifully written novel that touched m
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Summary: Heart
Review: This book should be read by not only everybody interested in the African-American experience but by everybody interested in the human experience. For such a little, skinny book, it's bigger than most. It is truly the story of a woman's journey. It becomes the reader's as well. The simplicity is stunning. Towards the end, I have to admit my heart shattered into a thousand pieces, but I wouldn't have had it any other way.
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