Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Sula by Toni Morrison

21 reviews

calais_'s review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

PEACE (2024)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

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

rml14's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Abandonment

Minor: War

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

breanneporter's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Abandonment

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

jkull_10's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, 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