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Sula by Toni Morrison

5 reviews

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

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

twistykris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

Ultimately, a story of the rise and fall of a friendship between two Black women. But it's also about good versus evil, and how one's upbringing can affect society's acceptance. And how one can decide whether to embrace or reject society's notion of "evil." This book encourages the reader to apply the idea of "good" versus "evil" and "right" versus "wrong" to characters, while also showing why those labels should be dismissed.

It's hard to love certain characters and it's also hard to hate them. Toni Morrison captures important, hard-hitting, tragic moments to fully show their grief, power, anger, and despair.

This was the second book by Toni Morrison I've read, with Beloved being the first over ten years ago in college. I think Beloved is due for a re-read.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Medical content, Sexual content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Death

Moderate: Excrement, War, Confinement, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship