Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Sula by Toni Morrison

9 reviews

kaanda's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Beautiful characters in a sadly realistic environment. Toni Morrison’s best.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

jo_lzr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

The prose in this book is beautiful and describes even the most mundane experiences in a way that shows how multi-layered they are. I love Toni Morrison's use of metaphors as they were all so visual and so poetic. I like how this book shows human flaws and human behaviors and how one person's behavior can be affected by, but can  also affect an entire community.
  

Despite Sula's betrayal, I really liked how Sula decided to break out of the box. How she saw what the other women were raised to ignore, to consider normal. That she knew how miserable they ended up and what a cruel fate that was. And years later, Nel knew that what Sula had said was true. It was interesting, as well, to see the magical element surrounding Sula's existence.
The last scene, at the cemetery, was the perfect ending to this book and I don't think I could ever forget it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

lilcoppertop's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

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

alexandra_skl's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

As always with Morrison, the writing was beautiful and lyrical. The characters are complex, and I loved seeing parallels between Sula and her mother, Hannah, as the story progresses.

The book is emotional and disturbing, but it’s an interesting look at how two women’s   lives intertwine and diverge through their actions and choices.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Blood, and Medical trauma

Minor: Rape and War

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

b_caligari's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Excrement

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Blood