A very sad and utterly depressing read. I didn't like the structure and complicated narration. It somehow detracted from the force of the story sometimes.
I'm torn on how to review this. It was well-written and the various points of view made the story quite rich, but I didn't find myself quite as engaged as I would have liked. Perhaps it's because the book is so short - I didn't quite have time to immerse myself in the different voices.Or maybe it ...
I really wasn't sure what to make of this. it seemed to pose more questions than answer. Not to say that it was a bad book, but that i'm just not quite sure I understood what the author was trying to say.
This is the first Toni Morrison book I’ve read and, loaded with the emotional baggage of white South African guilt, I approached it with some trepidation.The story is told from numerous viewpoints, predominantly that of three women. Rebekka (a white woman), Lina (her Native American slave) and Flore...
I listened to this book as an unabridged audio and I don’t know if it was the narration (read very slowly by the author) or the fact that the voices were done similarly and all in the same painfully slow pace, OR the fact that the chapters and POV switches weren’t made clear OR, quite possibly that ...
This was my first Morrison and having heard so many people rave about her books I have to say I was disappointed.I enjoyed the story of the farmer but my favourite narrator was Lina. Although her story is shocking and horrific she maintains her humanity. She is kind and caring towards others and ab...
A Mercy, Morrison's ninth and latest novel, is a short work (167 pages) that reaffirms Morrison's gift for drawing a reader in and not allowing them to simply "read." While it lacks the final impact of Beloved, it is nevertheless a moving addition to her legacy. This time Morrison takes us back to A...
I felt like I should have really liked this book, but I just did not. I found the writing very confusing and difficult to read, the switching of persons narrating was especially hard to follow. I also felt the book was just to short, I never became invested with any of the characters, they were all ...
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