There are so many layers packed between these less-than-200 pages that I won't even try to unpack. I'm obsessed with the way Toni Morrison writes but more importantly, I'm obsessed with the way she thinks. Storywise, Sula is not much different from the usual tale of the unconventional women who exists outside of societal norms and morals, but Toni Morrison has a way of getting inside her characters' heads that make you see the world in a new way. Her great writing is not limited to her characters; the way she writes relationships, families, and communities all carry that same level of depth. 

One aspect that stood out to me was the symbolism and imagery. So many sentences in this book stuck with me. I found myself, at random times, thinking of an odd way something was described, or pondering on the significance of a strange event. Sula can be described as dark and tragic, but not in a way that's overt, instead the darkness is carefully woven into the narrative like an invisible thread. Even the most horrific events aren't written as if they were meant to be horrifying, rather they're just events that happened because they happened. The reader isn't meant to linger on them, even if the reader can't forget them. 

I have a very distinct memory of reading the bluest eye eight years ago and the impact it had on me; it wasn't any different from the impact Sula had on me. I'm tempted to reread both books immediately.