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Summary: A quick read with similar style to other Morrison texts
Review: I read this book on vacation. It's a very quick read and the symbolism of the bluest eye is quite easy to understand. The text is very similarly written to other Morrison's books. It is another story about the frustrating and tragic events of African American life. This text focuses on a group of girls growing up and their parents. This is a great text for freshmen and sophomores to read in their English class as a study of culture, racial divides and the symbolic structures that exist in American culture and in many other parts of the world that have been taught to believe (mostly by history) that the world is easier, more beautiful through blue eyes than brown.
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Summary: Ms. Morrison, I was moved!
Review: After reading other reviews about this text, I had to add a few comments. What this book is not: It's not an 'easy' read. It's not a 'simple' message. What it is: It is enlightening. It IS thought-provoking. And, it is moving.In Ms. Morrison's afterward (1993), she suggests that the book may not move everyone--but touch many. I agree. It will not move everyone. But for anyone who has experienced any part of what Pecola experiences (especially as a child), you will be moved. And, if you are fortunate enough to have some turnaround in life, you will be moved to help others (again, especially children), so that they have abundant self-worth and self-appreciation. Ms. Morrison, I was moved!
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Summary: This is an UNBELIEVABLE book
Review: Yes, at first I had no clue what so ever or what I was reading, but in the end, it all made sense to me. As morbid as the book sometimes was, it was painfully interesting at the same time and I was definetly happy that I finished it. This is a wonderfully written book also. From the very first page to the very last of this wonderful novel is the most vivid poetry disguised in the form of prose. I can't find a single reason why Morrison would be dissatisfied with this classic.
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Summary: The best novel I've ever read
Review: This novel moved me. The writing style is incredible. I was hesitant to read it due to the incestual subject. But it was really a very small portion of the story. Ms. Morrison eloquently described a time and life I have never known. Everyone should read this novel.
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Summary: The Bluest Eye
Review: Every book Tony Morrison writes speaks to me. The Bluest Eye was the first book I read at the suggestion of a friend. It details to me, the self loathing that some black people feel trying to fit into a "white world". Ms. Morrison said she was not satisfied with the writing. I was and because of her talent I have read everything she has written. Her latest "Paradise"--some folks said they didn't understand it. Well I knew all of the characters in the first chapter. The same with all her books. She usually grabs me in the first sentence and sometimes the first paragraph. Ms. Morrison is the best.
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Summary: Good message, but could have been stronger
Review: In the past, I put off reading Toni Morrison because of her style of writing. I think that during the time, I might not have been ready for her style of writing since I was fairly young. But, recently, after hearing praises of it, i decided to give The Bluest Eye a chance. I must say that it was not as difficult as I thought it would be. As a matter of fact, it was fairly easy. The message of a young, black girl's struggle for beauty in a modern society was a common one, but I agree with a reader that mentioned that Morrison failed to emphasize on plot. Most of the story involved background information that was not really relevant to the main character, Pecola. I wished that Morrison would have revealed to the reader more of Pecola's thoughts to give the novel a stronger message. Nonetheless, Morrison is a gifted writer and the powerful message at the end of the plot is evidence of her brillance.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I read this after hearing wonderful things about Toni Morrison's writing and knowing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. I was very disappointed. I found very few redeeming qualities in the book and I had to consciously force myself to finish it. That is rarely the case with most books that I have read, and I only continued with it in the hopes that the book would start getting better. It never did. I did not find her story telling very compelling, I formed little interest or emotional attachments to the characters, and the crafting of words was nothing special. All in all, not a very memorable book. I do not know if this book is representative of Toni Morrison's entire body of work -- perhaps it is not. But, if it is, then I can honestly say there is little chance that I will read anything else by her again.
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Summary: An eye opener to a different world
Review: This book made me sad, and yet left me feeling more insightful. Pecola's story is one of wanting blue eyes, and to fit into the world and be accepted. She envied little blue eyed, blond haired children, and felt she was not good enough unless she too had blue eyes. Her mother didn't help the situation by working for a white family, and to me, seemed to almost favor their children over Pecola. I found it disheartening that this poor child, Pecola went through life thinking that she was inadequate, and even her own mother didn't help to make her 'feel pretty.' This was a wonderfully written book, and very insightful to me to look into a world that I have never ventured in. This is a story that I will long remember.
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Summary: Vivid characters, but disjointed narrative
Review: I was amazed to see that Ms. Morrison, even in the infancy of her career as an author, was so vividly able to define characters, to get inside them, to portray them in a way that leaves the reader torn betwen pity and hatred, anger and respect. This is a skill which is shown in all of her work. I do agree with her own later assessment that the form in which the narrative was laid out was difficult to follow and definitely not the standard we have all come to love in such works as "Song of Solomon" and "Beloved." I am, once again, pleased and astounded that she is always able to make you see some of the darker sides of her characters, the sides that we all possess, but are not obvious to those around us. She writes each character as if they each are revealing their individual souls. I applaude you, Ms. Morrison, for always being true to your characters. What this novel is missing that is so important is continuity of plot. You really don't get the sense throughout most of this book that it is, in fact, a story about Pecola, whereas I never had this problem in her later works. Certainly, her work is not approached by the light-hearted reader, for you never put down a Morrison book without having been deeply affected. The same is true here.
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Summary: Not As Good As Expected
Review: I guess it's the hype of being an Oprah book that caused me to make the purchase, though I first read the online reviews to determine whether it was a worthy read. I am not black, but I do have blue eyes. I understood the story as it was written, but I was disappointed with Oprah's choice - that this novel was another black history and oppression story we have to read about again. Let's move forward.
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