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I had to read The Bluest Eye in college. That is one book I'll never read again, and that's because it's so brutally honest about the characters' experiences. I
by Kye 7y ago
I had to read The Bluest Eye in college. That is one book I'll never read again, and that's because it's so brutally honest about the characters' experiences. It's too real.
Great book. Highly recommended. I'm afraid to read any more of her books, but I probably should.
It contrasts with The Awakening, also required reading. It's like the other side of The Bluest Eye. What did Edna Pontellier's awakening cost the black servants who enabled it?
- magpi3 7y agoA lot of African-American fiction can have that effect. Corregidora by Gayl Jones is a book that blew me away and made me really upset. It took me almost twenty years to read it a second time.
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