Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

98 reviews

theromanticace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Excrement, Death, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, and Classism

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Miscarriage

skele_queen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Short yet Morrison never misses. The prose is just the right balance of metaphor and directness and the content is hard to stomach but important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism and Classism

rsagarin's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Classism, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Violence

katara42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Miscarriage

hanz's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

thekristinashow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

My first Toni Morrison book, but it’s definitely not my last. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Racial slurs, Incest, Pedophilia, Addiction, Miscarriage, Racism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

rugbykake's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Incest, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

hapikohw's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It was an honor to experience my first Toni Morrison novel through a public (virtual) reading done by all Black women authors, feminists and radicals.

Pecola Breedlove, there are many of you. Many failed. May we fail many others no more.

Toni Morrison, may you rest in peace and power. You completed everything you hoped to in your foreword.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Blood, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Classism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Ableism

sanctuary's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Im going to think about this book for a very long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Incest

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage and Death