Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

103 reviews

jmatteo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Truly shocking that this is Morrison’s novel debut. An incredible work with prose that is unmatched in deliciousness, evocativeness, and incisiveness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

spac3core's review against another edition

5.0

this was such a hard book to read because no i DONOT want to know what the child molester was thinking while raping a child. j dont want to know his life story. i dont want to know how hard he had it. i dont want to know what disgusting things he collects. i dont want to know i dont i dont i dont. maybe the whole point of it went above my head but i have never felt such disgust and such pure rage at anything in my entire life. i read those parts SO FAST like reading two words and skipping the next 30 to see if its over. other than that, i love morrisons style of writing, it feels like a dream. feels like poetry. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, and Blood

ealish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Toni Morrison you rip my heart out and disgust me so much I want to stop reading but you write so beautifully I still can't stop

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

betag1013's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

_jasper_394's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

theromanticace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

corriejn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage, Blood, Excrement, and Pregnancy

skele_queen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

Short yet Morrison never misses. The prose is just the right balance of metaphor and directness and the content is hard to stomach but important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism and Classism

rsagarin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

katara42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Miscarriage