Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sula by Toni Morrison

45 reviews

kmaffett's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Racism

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

emory's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

amy_q13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, Excrement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

Minor: Slavery and War

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

The book is *to me* a commentary on needing the world to give the individual ( in this case a black woman in the 20s-40s) an identity, self, value and worth. Toni Morrison describes Sula as a whimsical instinctual girl who grows into a free woman.

Free in the sense of choosing her own responsibility or in her case choosing none. Nell however, takes on responsibilities that society expected of her and that’s the beginning of their divide.  Due to sulas promiscuity and betrayal, it initially lead me to root for Nell until Toni Morison reveals more of Nell’s own wicked nature. Morrison’s world building around the two women’s relationships even give more insight on who they are and asks the question, who is really judging of “good” and “bad”. This is a really really good friends to enemies story and the ending ughh💔 “All that time, all that time, I thought I was missing Jude.” “We was girls together,..”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, and Toxic friendship

ghilimei's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Murder

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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 content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Grief, War, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Addiction, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Animal death, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity

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

jkull_10's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

januaryghosts's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Racial slurs, and Excrement