A review by ambero
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

themes:
- masculinity
- family/lineage
-names (of people and of places)
- race tratiorship as in aspiring to be white through wealth/wealth separating people from others
- love / the lack of it - obsession (hagar)
-flying/travelling/escape
- natural/unnatural - e.g. pilate's lack of a bellybutton, ruth breastfeeding milkman for too long
-motherhood
-death/ghosts 
-revenge
-fidelity


there's more i could say and will say later - loved pilate as a character so much, so much depth and warmth and personality