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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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Summary: The most thought provoking; soul reviewing novel of our time
Review: I found this to be a uniquely inspired piece of work. Janie is the strongest symbol of black womanhood to rise from the mists of lies and oppression at any time our in Black-American or even American History. Women of all colors would do well to read this work. Men would do well to share this experience. EXCELLENT!
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Summary: And the point is what, now?
Review: I (was forced to) read this book for an English class. I began reading, and found, within a very short period of time, that I really didn't care what Janie did with herself. There are so many great pieces of literature out there, so many truly meaningful, inciteful works, that this hardly seems the thing to be wasting the young impressionable minds of our high schoolers on. It might be a decent read, but certainly not comparable to a Melville, Bradbury, or Richard Wright.
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Summary: Not much good here
Review: The book is somewhat interesting in its depiction of the culture of the South. The plot is alright and there are many interesting metaphors throughout the novel, but for the most part it has little value.
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Summary: A great story AND ground-breaking literature
Review: Undoubtedly, this is the most extraordinary book I have ever read and it is the first book I read in which the main character was a psychologically healthy Black woman. It takes Janie the entire novel to become healthy but the journey is the story. I have read Their Eyes Were Watching God annually since 1982 and take away something new each time, either about myself or about good writing. Janie's development towards selfhood is a lesson from which all women can learn. Granted, not all of Janie's choices were the ones I would make and Janie's relationship with Tea Cup was at times troubling; however, almost every woman can relate to Janie and the choices she made in one way or another. This is a book I believe all women should read, especially women of color. Aside from simply being a great story--Hurston's storytelling honed from many "lying sessons" on the Porch--this is a hugely important book because it is one of the first to use vernacular English and the first to combine vernacular and standard English as a means of narrative. Watch how the language changes throughout the story--this use had never been done before. This book wasn't simply an exercise in ebonics, this is ground-breaking literature.
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Summary: An amazingly lyrical story of one woman's journey
Review: This is my favorite book of all time. I think Hurston's prose is exceptional- you can feel her words down into your bones, if you listen hard enough. Her words drip off the page, wrap around your body, and flow directly into your soul. It is a familiar story- one woman's journey to self-actualization and happiness- but one told through the eyes of such a wonderful character, Janie, who we see develop and grow through the book, and who comes to understand life and living. It is an exceptional book, and especially wonderful because of who Hurston was. It's a shame that she didn't get the recognition she deserved when she was alive. I first read "Their eyes..." in high school, and it has remained my favorite book ever since.
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Summary: It is Boring
Review: It is boring because it is about a topic that no one cares for. Stop speaking in ebonics. Chapters are way too long.
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