The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I wish I would have read this any other year but 2020. In a year I am reading to escape pain, depression and just trying to breathe through the smoke, this book took me deeper and sadder and more disturbed. I am sorry anyone has to deal with the many problems the main characters in this book had to go through. Though this was a historical fiction, much of the bigotry, and abuse goes on still.
Toni Morrison did the narration of her own book and kept the story alive. Her writing is known for the poetic prose. I did appreciate that, but I found it made the story even more disturbing. I do plan to read more of her books. But not right now.
I am having trouble reading anything these days as my concentration seems to be shot!
I certainly can understand that. There seems to be a lot of that going around right now. I tried to read something before I go to bed that is not attached to what’s going on in the real world it helps me go to sleep. I hope you found something that helps you escape a little bit too.
I have fallen back to reading now, so that’s something!
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I just read A Mercy and it was brilliant, though it’s not a book to be read linearly. But what a masterpiece of writing and form. Pure genius.
I’ll put that on my list. Thanks for the suggestion.