The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara

The Salt Eaters

Toni Cade Bambara

258 pages first pub 1980 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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Velma Henry has always been a fighter, but she has fallen on hard times. Exhausted by her political struggles, she is undergoing healing in the Southwest Community Infirmary. Confronting her there is Minnie Ransom, spinster and fabled vehicle of t...

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Community Reviews

3.77
based on 338 reviews

Moods

challenging: 91%

reflective: 65%

emotional: 48%

tense: 31%

mysterious: 25%

informative: 20%

funny: 17%

inspiring: 15%

adventurous: 13%

sad: 13%

dark: 12%

hopeful: 12%

lighthearted: 1%


Pace

25% of readers chose medium
75% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
19% of readers chose A mix
76% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

52% of readers chose Yes
36% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

37% of readers chose Yes
51% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

94% of readers chose Yes
2% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

71% of readers chose Yes
15% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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