Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sula by Toni Morrison

56 reviews

alexcribbs's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

I kept wondering what this book was about even as I was reading it and honestly I’m still not entirely sure, but that didn’t stop me from liking it. The writing sucked me right in, right away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death of parent

yinflower's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Racial slurs, Rape, and Death of parent

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

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, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

emory's review

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

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

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

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

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, and Toxic friendship

ghilimei's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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