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Sula by Toni Morrison

7 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

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

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Every perspective in this book flows into the next like water in a river—an unstoppable force. That being said, the one I wanted to linger with the most, the one I tried to swim upriver in, was Nel’s perspective. Maybe this is because Nel and Sula’s friendship was the most compelling part of this book. And Morrison agrees, if the final line of the book is any indication: “We was girls together.” There’s a particular kind of grief that Morrison writes about in this book that feels yawning, endless, undefinable. She manages to fit such a huge concept into so few words, I feel like I’ve been robbed of all the words that she should have needed. As I work my way through Morrison’s books, I fear I’m beginning to see a trend of being in awe of her writing, while not caring much for the plot. Two books aren’t really enough to say that definitively but I’m interested to see what I think about her other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia

asililydying's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia

kirkspockreads's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

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

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War