Toni Morrison - Beloved

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, I?m sure you aren?t buying that one. Well, I?m going to try to give you a different perspective...

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 Morrison?s protagonist Sethe, much less her fateful choice.

Typically, I...

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...

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...

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...

Pros: Gripping vivid word pictures

Cons: can be depressing, at times confusing

Review: While searchin in our library for something to read, I came across a copy of BELOVED. I knew it is one of Oprah's selections and that she liked it well enough to make it into a movie. I had not seen the movie, being somewhat turned off...

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...

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...

Pros: Interesting Plot (once you figure it out)

Cons: Confusing, hard to follow.

Review: As a former student of English Literature, I have read some very interesting books. Some I have enjoyed, others I have not. "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, is one of those books that I did not enjoy. Toni Morrison is a wonderful author, I have read some...

Pros: Thought provoking, moving book - a touching read for any parent

Cons: A bit 'issue' Based

The Bottom Line: 'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...' A thought provoking, sad read.

Review: 'What she want to go and do that for?'(2) To a parent, Sethe commits the worst possible or imaginable crime, that of infanticide. Yet in Beloved Sethe murders her 'already crawling' daughter in a particularly horrific manner, yet is still a...