Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Najbardziej niebieskie oko by Toni Morrison

276 reviews

andrearahman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

Have reread a few times throughout the years, a fantastic and profound read that I cannot say I enjoyed because it's too dark and sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Incest, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia

asiminam's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Bullying

guacamolejoe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god. This is my first Toni Morrison novel and I’m glad. The style was very diff than expected it felt like acts in a play to me or something but I really like it. Poor lil girl 🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia

ldpaige's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I hate that I didn't completely love this like everyone else did. After looking at various blogposts and book club breakdowns, I was able to better understand what I just heard over a course of a few days. With a better understanding, I was able to appreciate this disturbing read. 

Morrison tends to lean to the macabre and the countercultural, which is normally for me. This just didn't translate the way I would have liked for it to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Mental illness, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Incest

jlye's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This book is hard for me to rate. On one hand, I love Toni Morrison’s writing. It’s beautiful and poetic. I felt a connection to the Pecola’s longing for blue eyes, because I wished for the same when I was a child. The inferiority complex resulting from tying beauty to western standards - blond hair, blue eyes, pale skin - resonated with me and my own struggles with self-esteem growing up in a white-dominated society. However, I cannot look past the characterization of Soaphead Church,

particularly the implication that his pedophilia was the result of being a closeted homosexual.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Racism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Incest, and Homophobia

lilaccoconut_bookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely incredible, but not for the faint of heart (see content warnings). Toni Morrison paints a tragic picture of a black girl growing up in post-Depression, pre-Civil Rights Movement America whose surroundings and generational trauma lead her to self-loathing. Rather than being banned by schools, it should be part of the curriculum. The subject matter is heavy but it presents a very real reality for many POC, even today.

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Content Warnings

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

charisw's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Rape, Incest, Pregnancy, and Sexism

br14nn4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Incest, Excrement, Domestic abuse, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Emotional abuse

zreadz's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Death, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

ajnsmiths's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This magnificent novel was made even more powerful by listening to the audiobook narrated by the author. Even if you’ve read it before, listen to it. The power of Toni’s written words as she speaks them to you will blow you away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism