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Sula by Toni Morrison

22 reviews

tashtasher's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Racial slurs, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

janainthebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense 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: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Forced institutionalization

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: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

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

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

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

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

ukponge's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

annahelle's review

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Domestic abuse

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: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

azariamckay's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

The perfect book truly exists! A 5 star rating isn’t enough to capture the brilliance of this novel. Like Toni put her blood, sweat and tears into this one. I haven’t come close to tears from a book in quite some time but this one had me teary eyed throughout. There’s so much heartbreak, so much loss, so much hurt wrapped into 174 pages and I have no idea how Morrison did it. 

I will be bringing Sula to my next therapy session for sure. I feel like everyone should read this book at least once in their lifetime, there’s so much to take away from this soul crushing work of art.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

jayisreading's review

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

I think this is a book I’m going to have to reread, only because I wasn’t in the right mindset to read it. Sula is short but packed with emotion and lyricism. Following the friendship of Sula and Nel over time, Morrison powerfully depicts the complexities of relationships and life circumstances through these two Black women. They’re incredibly messy and heavy things, and Morrison doesn’t shy away from the details. This is definitely not a book you want to read in one sitting.

I don’t have much else to say other than this: Morrison is incredible with words. Not a single word is wasted, and each one is used to craft beautiful and vivid sentences. Her gift for storytelling will never fail to amaze me.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War