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God Help the Child
God Help the Child
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Kaitlin
Feb 03, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, female-protagonist
This was a short book, but a good one. It's concise and precise. Really well written with beautiful language. The characters were round, flawed, and honest. I felt like it gave me a glimpse into a world I'm not familiar with and one that I learned from. At the beginning of the book, I wasn't sure who I was following and the plot felt a little like it was meandering, but when it came together it made sense and made my earlier wondering about the plot all the more interesting. The last chapter rea ...more
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Jessica
Dec 14, 2016 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: kindle
I am embarrassed to admit I'd never read a Toni Morrison book before now, and I went into God Help the Child knowing full well that this wasn't really the best point of entry. However, one of the challenges I was trying to check off in my failed attempt to get through all of the 2015 and 2016 Book Riot Read Harder challenges in a single year was to read a book written by someone when they were over the age of 65, and Morrison is in her mid-80s now, so I thought I'd start with her most recent boo ...more
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Jessica
Apr 22, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Listened to this one. Read by the author. WOW!
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Melle
Jan 21, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, african-american, mother-daughter, read-in-2015, adult, multiple-perspectives, relationships, abuse, race, abuse-sexual
Wow. Toni Morrison is a master of creating complex, complicated characters and of making a reader examine her loyalties and perceptions. Also, her writing is flat-out gorgeous. This is a good book for those who enjoy those tougher mother-daughter stories like Girlchild and A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing.
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Maryanne
Jan 12, 2015 marked it as to-read
Alexis
Jan 19, 2015 rated it liked it
Shelves: read-harder-challenge
Shayla
Feb 05, 2015 rated it really liked it
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alana
Jun 16, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2015-read-harder
Rachael Uggla
Jul 22, 2015 rated it really liked it
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Oct 06, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Nov 24, 2015 marked it as to-read
Adam Maid
Jan 01, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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