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Liked It “We follow the lives of two girlfriends, Sula and Nel, and their tight knit African American community who live in "The Bottoms" above Medallion, Ohio in the first half of the last century. Through their eyes we experience the motives and secrets and the workings of their families who struggle to...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I honestly don't know why I even picked this book other then it was short...to be honest I don't like Morrison's style at all. While I suppose the storyline was...interesting there wasn't much too it to me. ”
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“Toni Morrison is always great. This was not my favorite - but wonderful anyway.”
Dawn wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“We follow the lives of two girlfriends, Sula and Nel, and their tight knit African American community who live in "The Bottoms" above Medallion, Ohio in the first half of the last century. Through their eyes we experience the motives and secrets and the workings of their families who struggle to survive a hard-scrabble life. The Bottoms is a microcosm of the bigger world. Toni Morrison opens a passage to the pride, jealousy, love, fear, loyalty, meanness, insanity and cooperation of its inhabitants. The tragedy is that the grown girl Nel, does not throw off the social norms of the town and forgive Sula until it is too late. Sula, god bless her, remains true to her rebellious life of being true to "me".”
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“A great book but strangely written”
Tracey S wrote this review Thursday, October 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Amazing.”
Lisa R wrote this review Wednesday, October 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“great book! memorable caracters”
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“nice.”
safura n wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Jaede said: 2.5 stars
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I honestly can't decide how I feel about this book. I didn't dislike it, but I wasn't thrilled with it. I think I was expecting it to be much, much better than it was.
Sula follows two girls from an African American community, the Bottom, in the small town of Medallion, as they grow into adulthood and take two very divergent paths with their lives. Nel marries and stays in town, becoming a pillar of the community. Sula, in the meantime, disappears for nearly 10 years, goes to college, travels, and then comes back to Medallion, which results in a terrible blow to her and Nel's friendship.
Along the way of following the two girls into adulthood we, as readers, get to meet various members of the girl's families, especially the women. I do think Morrison does an interesting job in creating multi-layered characters and teasing out the intricacies of the relationships within the book.
I know this isn't much of a review, but since I can't decide how I feel about the book, I can't really decide what to say about it.
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