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Sula by Toni Morrison

12 reviews

rileydobereading's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, War, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

mmccombs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

While this isn’t my favorite Morrison that I’ve read, it still has everything that I’ve come to love and expect from her work. Layered, complicated characters with layered, complicated relationships with each other, and absolutely beautiful prose. I loved this exploration of girlhood, friendship, sex and sexuality, and the social pressures that bring us together or pull us apart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism

henrib11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Racism

Minor: Blood, Addiction, Excrement, Classism, War, Drug use, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Body shaming

moonpeach's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Sexual content

agwood32's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking books I've ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

lizziaha's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Every perspective in this book flows into the next like water in a river—an unstoppable force. That being said, the one I wanted to linger with the most, the one I tried to swim upriver in, was Nel’s perspective. Maybe this is because Nel and Sula’s friendship was the most compelling part of this book. And Morrison agrees, if the final line of the book is any indication: “We was girls together.” There’s a particular kind of grief that Morrison writes about in this book that feels yawning, endless, undefinable. She manages to fit such a huge concept into so few words, I feel like I’ve been robbed of all the words that she should have needed. As I work my way through Morrison’s books, I fear I’m beginning to see a trend of being in awe of her writing, while not caring much for the plot. Two books aren’t really enough to say that definitively but I’m interested to see what I think about her other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child death, Sexism, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia

kirkspockreads's review

emotional reflective sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, War, Physical abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Police brutality, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Rape

pergie's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.5

I know this was not written for me, about me, or with any intent to coddle me. The content is really tough but I do think that it is honest to the time/place described. That being said, I had a really hard time with the content. I liked Sula (the character) a lot, and didn’t see as much of her as I’d liked. I was confused and disheartened by the choice of vignettes that were the focus. But the prose was gorgeous. I didn’t like this book but I appreciate the craft in it. So I’m torn to give it this amount of stars! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Racism, Death, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, and Drug abuse

katie_thompson's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Racism, Death, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Abandonment, Sexism, Abortion, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

readingpicnic's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Slavery, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse