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Summary: This book was one of the best books I've ever read.
Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God. The book is wonderful for all age groups to read. Once you've read the first chapter twice, you'll grasp the language and begin to understand the story line.Each chapter will get your attention in it's on way. Once you start reading you won't want to put the book down.
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Summary: This book was one of the best books I've ever read.
Review: Their Eyes Were Watching God. The story of a young lady, Janie Crawford's evolving life through three marriages, was very interesting. Every chapter of the book has it's on signifigance and meaning that a person would love to read. Once you've read the first chapter twice you'll grasp the language of the book. Once you sart reading you'll have a hard time booking the book down.
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Summary: Profound and Beautiful!
Review: This book is timeless. Although the language is awkward, the tale of love and the views on race relations are timeless and applicable to today's society just as they were in the 1930's. I read this book over 5 years ago in college and after reading it again, a little older and wiser, I have come to appreciate it - I remember being hung up on the dialect last time I read it.
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Summary: This is a book that should be read by everyone
Review: I am not a book reader. I have probably only read and finished a total of fifteen to twenty books in my seventeen years living. I don't read books unless I have to because they just don't appeal to me; however, Their Eyes Were Watching God certainly did. The way Hurston takes us through all of Janie's stuggles and then resolves them with Janie meeting Tea Cake. To me that is the most interesting part of the book. I really felt that I was the one meeting Tea Cake and I grew to love him as well as I did Janie. I repect Hurston so much for writing such a fantastic novel.
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Summary: The true Love Story
Review: This is a timeless story of True Love--love that doesn't come from money or the (false) security of being kept in fine possessions. It tells the irony that "owning" a lover is not secure. But giving a lover the freedom to bloom means you will hold them forever, and they will possess your soul.
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Summary: A response to several unfair criticisms
Review: I read this book several years ago, and would not be writing this, however I couldn't let the last two reveiws go without a response. I think there are fair criticisms of this book (some of which are brought up further on in the reviews), but I feel the last two reviewers did not put in the required effort to understand the book. The dialect, although it takes a few pages to get used to, really helps to bring the scenes to life, to put you into that setting. While much of the subject matter could make a white person uncomfortable, this is a tale of one person's experiences and thoughts, and while it happens to be fiction, it is based on the reality at the time (and many would argue, to some extent the reality today). As a white reader I also think I had to understand the benefits I recieve living in our society, just because of the color of my skin, otherwise it would have been easy to get defensive and look down on the characters in the book. Effort IS required by the reader, as in any book worth reading, but if you put in that effort you will be hard pressed to find a finer, more moving story, and you may find yourself changed for the better in the process.
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Summary: IT WAS AWEFUL!
Review: This book was so bad I don't know why i am bothering to write this review. I think that the whole plot was bad and unclear. The southern dialect did not work and made for awkward reading. I am not one to critisize books easily but it was not even worth my time to finish. It never grabbed my attention and it was dull!
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Summary: This novel was an experience in the life of another woman.
Review: It was very surprising. I enjoyed how I "became the reader. It was different than most books I have read. I would never had read it if not for my English class. I liked the way the many different symbols were used, but I disliked the stereotypes of the black characters. I realy felt like I was being labeled a racist for something I had no part in, but otherise it was a nice book.
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Summary: "There is no more important book to me than this."
Review: My one-line summary is not original. It was written about "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Alice Walker. I found Zora Neale Hurston while I was in graduate school. I have all of her books, but this one is so very special to me. I never understood all the clamour over "The Color Purple." Hurston did a better job of getting to the essence of the matter....Why hasn't she become a celebrity? Why did she die in poverty? Why did Alice Walker have to purchase a marker for Hurston's grave? It just doesn't make sense to me...someone this good should be praised in the media, touted by critics and taught in our schools. For my part, I have persuaded my English teacher spouse to assign some Hurston (chapters from her autobiography, etc) to his high school seniors. And, here's the surprising part....some of them actually get it! Read this book. You'll be glad you did.
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Summary: This was a wonderful book, I highly recommend it.
Review: This book contained everything, humor, sadness, adventure, tragedy, and love. I just loved the love affair of Janie and TeaCake.
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