This was a stream-of-consciousness book in a sense and this was further pushed by the fact the audiobook is narrated by the author herself.

I found that I was so engrossed in the author's voice that I wasn't concerned about the story or where exactly it was leading to. I finished it unable to decide whether or not I liked it. However the more I sit with it, the more it hits me that while I was entertained, I could not say that I enjoyed it.

God Help the Child, at its core, points out how easily kids are traumatized and affected by the events of their childhood and how it dictates their adulthood. We follow Bride, who has reinvented herself after facing colorism and emotional abuse from her mother, and the people that have shaped her the way she is, people who have also experienced horrible things in childhood.

This is my first Toni Morrison book and for as much as I didn't like it, I'm still looking to try another one of her works. I'll probably try her most acclaimed ones, The Bluest Eye and Beloved, next