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Beloved - What would YOU do to protect your children?
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Feb 3, 2002
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Pros: Fascinating tale based on an true story, interesting characters
Cons: Hard to read at times, very detailed and disturbing
The Bottom Line: Beloved takes you on a journey, helping you learn about slavery from a completely different perspective... I would recommend this book to everyone!
Review: Beloved by Toni Morrison
Ah, the 25th review on Beloved. Why should you read this review? Because you like me! Um, Im sure you arent buying that one. Well, Im going to try to give you a different perspective... |
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A Mother's Beloved
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Feb 21, 2001
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Pros: Compelling story that is destined to be a classic.
Cons: It takes awhile to get into the rhythm of the book...don't give up!
The Bottom Line: Whether they want to learn something about a slave's life or just want a good story, everyone should read this book.
Review: So many Epinions writers are making lists (favorite albums, favorite movies, gifts they'd like to receive) and I've enjoyed reading them. Lists are fun to make, and of course, it made me think about the ones I'd make, like of my favorite books (if that...
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Pros: Haunting story, well written and compelling
Cons: Emotionally draining, a hard read
Review: Beloved , by Toni Morrison, is a hard book to read if you are a parent. The concept behind the plot almost guarantees you will never be able to forget Morrisons protagonist Sethe, much less her fateful choice.
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Tormented Souls
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Aug 8, 2000
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Pros: Compelling narrative images
Cons: Hard to follow on first reading
Review: Several months ago, I found myself stranded in a small out of the way southern airport with nothing to read. The newsstand did not appear promising. I decided to look out of sheer boredom. The selection was pretty much what I expected consisting of how...
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Dickinson's Beloved?
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Aug 17, 2000
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Pros: Great works by great female authors...
Cons: Wish there were more like it...
Review: In the 70's, the multimedia industry formulated an innovative concept in videotape presentations. By superimposing a soundtrack over a film sequence, they came up with a novel approach from which MTV was born. If we follow this train of thought, we can...
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Lessing's Beloved?
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lansky2000
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Aug 18, 2000
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Pros: Great works by great female authors...
Cons: Wish there were more like it...
Review: Both Toni Morrison's Beloved and Doris Lessing's The Summer Before The Dark have provided insightful commentaries on social standards from a feminine perspective for the benefit of fans and scholars alike. Yet their viewpoints in the two...
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The first major novel about slavery!
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Free2Be
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Dec 1, 2000
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Pros: The best
Cons: Not for fools
The Bottom Line: One of the finest American novels of the Twentieth Century. Great, grand, moving, compelling.
Review: Beloved is, as far as I know, the very first novel (published in 1988) by a major American writer to take on the subject of slavery! This is incredible. Only Harriet Beecher Stowes famous propaganda novel, Uncle Toms Cabin, written before...
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I am on my fourth read of this AWESOME, BRILLIANT book
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Jun 6, 2000
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Pros: Breathtaking prose
Cons: Not a quick, light read by any means
Review: I am on my FOURTH, yes FOURTH read of this awesome, brilliant work of art. I first read Beloved in my mid-twenties, and frankly found it to be confusing, murky and nearly impossible to finish.
Around thirty, I tried again, realizing that... |
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The Choice
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Apr 17, 2001
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Pros: Brilliant use of magical realism, gothic elements, language
Cons: May seem disjointed and choppy for some readers
The Bottom Line: Emily Dickinson once said, "When I read something and it makes me feel like the top of my head has popped off, I know it's greatness." Beloved is that!
Review: Perhaps one of the best fifty books written in the 20th century, Beloved immediately presents itself as a great work with its richness of language.
From the dedication, "Sixty Million and more," which is the figure of the Africans who died on... |
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brilliant and inaccessible
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Feb 22, 2000
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Pros: beautiful imagery, intense exploration of relevant issues, masterful plot structure
Cons: too inaccessible for the average reader
Review: I can understand why so many other reviewers gave this book a poor rating. It was extremely confusing and probably one of Morrison's more inaccessible books - although all her books are so layered with meaning that they tend to bewilder.
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