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Didn’t Like It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Tar Baby is, on one level, a love story between two very different people. Jadine (who calls herself Jade) is light-skinned black model who has just come from a glamorous life in Paris. She arrives for Christmas at the home of her patron, Valerian Street, where her aunt and uncle work as...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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greyshirt wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I don't like Toni Morrison's writing, but this was not awful.”
Inga A wrote this review Wednesday, November 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book of T. Morrison's that confirmed her genius ability with the use of words for me. Like all of her books this is ripping with racial tension, with oppression rising up against the ropes that bind it, all done face to face, eye to eye like you are standing there looking oppression right in the face--or perhaps that you are oppression being looked at closely by another. I particularly like the mythical that she weaves into this one, as well as the loops relating to the queen ant who, while falling from the sky to retire herself to egg laying for her eternity, remembers the male winged ant she'd mated with in the mid-air, "he f#@!ed like a star." Be prepared for the very uncomfortable thread of a baby being poked in the bottom with needles by his mother.”
Sabine B wrote this review Saturday, October 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Eh.”
Paige S. wrote this review Friday, October 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“so-so”
safura n wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Came with a set, I haven't read this one yet.”
Tabitha S wrote this review Friday, September 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“One of my favorites by Morrison”
phyllis w wrote this review Thursday, August 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“got really bogged down in the plethora of characters and detail none of which really engaged me.”
val l wrote this review Tuesday, August 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Jadine has a white boyfriend. She is a fashion model educated at the Sorbonne. She comes home to the Carribean island and falls hard for Son, a violent, uneducated Black man. The wealthy landowners for whom her family have long worked and her family members themselves, harbor secrets. Surprising . . .”
Carol M wrote this review Monday, July 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I like the fact the female lead character first believes that she can give up everything that she loves for a man and then changes her mind realizing that she love anyone but can't change herself into settling for sub par.”
Bianca D wrote this review Tuesday, June 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
