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Astrid Lim
3.5 stars from me. It's a very difficult and tough book for so many reasons. I'd like to give it more stars but Toni Morrison's style is a bit too vague for me. I understand her ingenious used of metaphors, magical realism and symbolism concept, and of course all the "read between the lines" moments. No sentence is wasted, everything has a meaning (hidden or plain).

The difficult topic is quite draining. Slavery is never easy to be digested. Especially in this book - a plot inspired by a true sto
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Aubrey Bach
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