Love by Toni Morrison

Love

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison’s spellbinding new novel is a Faulknerian symphony of passion and hatred, power and perversity, color and class that spans three generations of black women in a fading beach town.In life, Bill Cosey enjoyed the a...

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Community Reviews Summary of 831 reviews

Moods

emotional 77%
reflective 64%
challenging 57%
dark 47%
sad 47%
mysterious 30%
tense 20%
hopeful 3%
funny 1%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 53%
medium 37%
fast 9%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 64% | A mix: 28% | Plot: 8%

Strong character development?

Yes: 58% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 9%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 57% | No: 24% | Yes: 18%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 81% | No: 10% | It's complicated: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 88% | It's complicated: 10% | No: 2%

Average rating

3.81

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