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A review by cheuksin
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
5.0
This is by no means a light read.
Some parts invoked a similar level of discomfort as when I read Lolita
Other parts more like the colour purple
Some parts invoked a similar level of discomfort as when I read Lolita
Other parts more like the colour purple
Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved. The lover alone possesses his gift of love. The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child death, Infidelity, and Death of parent