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Summary: This book was somewhat of a disappointment.
Review: I began reading this book thinking surely a Nobel Prize winner must be great, and ended up wondering if I'd missed something along the way. Though the general theme of the book became clear about midway, most of the fact presentations were disjointed and unclear. When the author switches to a little bit of what might be considered poetry, towards the end of the book, the reader is tossed into confusion. The author really should have considered the fact that most readers are not MIND-readers and could not possibly decipher the hidden meanings behind some of the passages. I wouldn't recommend this book too highly to anyone, and as far as Oprah's recommendations, I haven't yet found one worth it's salt.
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Summary: Rough and difficult as life searching liberation
Review: Rough and not to easy to read, another fine work from Toni Morrison. A way becomes many, a house hunted becomes the residential place of our guilts and pains. One of Morrisons more complex novels, she takes us with no mercy but with sublime beauty towards the inner senses of a lost soul.Every single soul that lives a live charged with uncertainty and no peace. I want to transcribe one of the most beautiful lines i ever read: "Let your mothers hear your laughs"..."let the grown men come" "let your wives and your children see you dance..." Finally she called the women to her. "Cry", she told them, "For the living and the dead. Just cry."And without covering their eyes, the women let loose. I havent seen the motion picture, truly is quiet a challenge to bring images from this unique way of writing and feeling and thinking form Morrison's artful work. Thank you Toni.
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Summary: completely uninspiring and by far her worst novel to date.
Review: anyone who enjoys this book has an extremely low standards of what a good novel really is. i feel that this book is so poor, it does not deserve a review, never mind the lone star i gave it. if you want a review, look at one of the other critics' opinions.
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Summary: This book was so good, I just couldn't put it down!
Review: I feel this book could be one of the best one she has ever writen before. It inspired me to share it with my friends and family. I have read this book three time so far and I don't plan to stop reading it. It could probably never get boring!
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Summary: Wonderful Book!
Review: I started this book, watched the video, and then finished the book. This worked best for me, because I could visualize the characters. Some people seemed to find the video confusing, but of course the book is the whole story, and answers any questions you may have had from the video. Anyway, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE. What a beautiful, awful, powerful story it is. It made me look with awe and respect at the next beautiful black face I saw; awe at the strength they have despite the history they carry. Everyone should read this book AND see the video. Thank you Ms. Morrison; and thank you Ms. Winfrey, from the bottom of my heart, for a truly thought-provoking experience.
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Summary: poetic, passionate, heart rending
Review: Morrison write lyrically with a style that seems effortless. Truly worthy of a Pulitzer, unlike others labeled with those prizes which seem to be doled out haphazardly at best. All the characters are believable, fallible, and lovable. The movements from one p.o.v. to another are seamless and gentle. The setting is painfully honest and wrenchingly defined. My only problem is that now I feel overcome with a sense of communal guilt for every injustice foisted upon all mankind. This is the first of Morrison's books I've read. Stamped my name on the end of it in blue ink... I won't loan this one out... All my friends, buy your own.
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Summary: Stunning
Review: The first few chapters were hard for me to get into because they jumped from past to present back to past again without a lot of the preparation or transitions you find in many works of fiction. But I decided to persevere. I'm glad I did. I empathized with Sethe when I read that her baby had been murdered and that Sethe had traded the use of her body for her daughter's headstone. But I began to really understand Sethe, empathizing with her even more when it was revealed that she had murdered her baby, and tried to murder her other children, because she wanted to keep them from the "soul murder" of slavery--the kind of murder her own soul obviously didn't survive. Far from condoning infanticide, Ms. Morrison amazingly managed to make the murder understandable while still showing the terrible effects that Sethe's act had on the rest of her life and her future relationships--including her relationship with her surviving daughter. Although I will admit there were a few passages I didn't quite "get," overall the raw lyricism of this book's language stunned me, offering phenomenal insight into each character. To me, this book is about more than the effects of slavery--although I have yet to read a more moving, insightful account--it's about the basic human need to keep the depths of our souls inviolable.
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Summary: This is literature!
Review: Toni Morrison once again presents us with one of the finest examples of writing in recent history. She is one of our few authors who instills meaning into every single word and punctuation mark she puts on paper. This story is a window into the horrible depths to which a mother will go to protect her children. It also provides a very personal account of the consequenses of slavery, which many people in modern society tend to overlook. Miss Morrison will not allow us to do so.
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Summary: The African-American tragedy can never be overstated.
Review: Heart -rending throughout and charged with emotion . Author is similar to Thomas Hardy in that she shows profound understanding of the pysche of characters of the opposite sex. A little humour (even if it be "dark" humuor) and an element of hope through learning from tragedy could take this already good novel to an even higher realm.
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Summary: Capt. Zooz helps to rid his planet of giant ants
Review: I haven't read any of Toni Morrison's other books, but I have heard her brother, Jim's, music. The "story" takes place on the moist surface of the planet Pling. Evil space-yaks are trying to steal the planet's chewy, carmal center. Bravely fighting the yaks are a group of teenage Amway salesmen named Gary and a plucky girl with an extra eyebrow. That's as far as I got before my brother stole the book and hid it under my Grandmother.
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