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104 reviews

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The best part of Morrison's novels, to me, are the fact that her characters are so deeply and authentically flawed and, all the while, she makes it so easy to feel compassion and empathy toward them as she weaves the past into the present.

Content Warnings

The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology by Langston Hughes

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a solid collection; not all of them blew me away but I liked the variety of perspectives. The best one, the short I absolutely loved, was To Hell With Dying by Alice Walker.

Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced