Sunday, April 10, 2016
Overall Review on the Novel, "Song of Solomon
Overall I really enjoyed reading this novel! Although, I will say that the beginning of the novel was slow and I did not dive into the novel until part way through. This was when secrets were being revealed and the characters began to be more developed. I love how Morrison weaves her books together so that everything links back to one another. It just makes reading all the more interesting. Her characters are interesting because they have more than one dimension to them. She allows for the readers to relate to them because they have qualities that are on the readers level for example, Hagar. Hagar does not have all the same experiences that regular women or girls have, but they can understand her obsession or love for Milkman. She wants him for herself and when he just pushes her to the side, she goes kind of crazy, but for any girl who has just got her heartbroken she can understand this. It's thinks like this that make Morrison's novel that much more enticing to read. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to others.
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I strongly agree with everything you have said in this post. I think the novel did start out slow, but when the plot started to develop and scandal and secrets were revealed, I could not stop reading! I also like how all the characters within the novel are connected, it makes reading the book so much more interesting. I loved your interesting analysis on Hagar, I never thought of that before. I hope to read more of Toni Morrison's novels in my lifetime.
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