The Bluest Eye

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Summary: Toni Morrision's The Bluest Eye is a triumph.
Review: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrision paves the way for a new era of American literature, one that does not replace the old so much as it enhanced our understanding of it. This book should be required reading for every student in the country.

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Summary: Pecola's story is riveting
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Toni Morrison's portrayal of Pecola is upseting but realistic in the way that society treats "outcasts". Pecola wants to become the perfect blue eyed, blonde haired girl. She thinks with blue eyes she will be well liked and popular. It is sad because when Pecola actually thinks she has blue eyes- she is as far from being the "perfect" girl as possible. Toni Morrison weaves so much detail and meaning in her story, that it is impossible to catch everything the first time through. I recommend rereading this novel to fully understand all the meaning behind Pecola's story.

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Summary: Not just the colours of ya face but ya soul
Review: This is the first work of Toni Morrison i read after experienced her Noble acceptance marvellous lecture:the dancing mind. The bluest eye is truly inspiring and moving but without ridiculus pro black arguments. Morrison burns the racist in everyone of us, for each one of us are black in a sense. But going further,this is a literary piece of art. Through a child eyes, Morrison takes us by the hand to the most inocent and perverse thoughts every human being has. Origins of violence and dispair, the bluest eye make you think and feel. It is not sentimental it is sensous and bright. As her writer.Read it please.She's the greatest american writer alive. By far.

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Summary: A brilliant show of true beauty.
Review: Morrison has once again outdid herself. I started out reading this book as an assignment for my English class, but was quickly caught up in this book's beauty. Pecola's life is as real as real can get. As the daughter of a social worker, I am acquainted with the black child's daily struggle to be accepted. I sympathize with her, in the sense that she was "ignorant" enough to be something that she can't. But Pecola is not the one to blame. Society has implanted in young black children's minds that they must be like the majority to be accepted. This shows the immaturity of our young nation. We say that we have abolished slavery, but what about the young black children that are enslaved mentally? The have been forced into believing that they have to change to be accepted. I applaud Morrisson for showing our misinformed society for what it is. This book is a brilliant piece of literature that needs to be put on as many required reading lists as possible in our schools.

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Summary: Sad but very good!
Review: I see that a lot of people found this book to be unorganized and hard to follow. But I enjoyed it very much. I've read most of Morrison's book and that is very typical of her novels. But they are all very emotional and excellent. She is one of my favorite authors.

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Summary: I found this book to be a masterpiece of Pecola's struggle.
Review: The Bluest Eye is a brilliant allegory. Morrison depicts Pecola's life as both a simple yet complex life. Pecola is an average child, but the tribulations in her life have made her an exception. Morrison has once again made us think and really appreciate good literature. YOU GO GIRL!

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Summary: Depressing but Beautifully Written
Review: Toni Morrison really has a gift for writing- the way she describes things is beautiful. This book was extremely sad, but her writing was so honest it kept the story going. Don't read it for something uplifting and inspirational, but if you enjoy good writing, it is worth it.

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Summary: the finest book i've ever read in my life
Review: this book is a perfect thing. toni gets there so completely. the thing itself seems to be guiding her; coming through her to reveal the tiny haunted majesty that is the Bluest Eye. the book is flawless. tears began to flow from page 1 and didn't stop coming. thank you , toni. bless you.

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Summary: So many pages, so little sense
Review: I found this book to be to be a poorly organized, almost incomprehensible collection of random stories drawn together only by their inclusion in the same book. Once again, Toni Morrison puts an assortment of diatribes and racial angst into book form and masquerades it as literature with a moral message. A profound disappointment awaits anyone who reads this book.

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Summary: Masterful storytelling of the blacks' self-hatred
Review: Society tells the young black girl Pecola throughout her life that she is ugly and unworthy of attention. Morison chronicles the frustration of this girl and the plight of other blacks around her who are also forced to believe that only whites are beautiful. This intriguing discussion of white imagery occassionally investigates the false lives of black wifes, who create an image for themself to obscure the painful reality which makes up their life. This story will strike a note of familiarity not only with black readers, but anyone who has ever been told that they are not beautiful.