eralbesu's reviews
379 reviews

I’m recommending this for any and all fans of Toni Morrison. This collection provides so much insight on how she crafted her characters and developed her stories. There are discussions about her time as an editor which I found very interesting.

It was a bit repetitive at times and more than a few times, Ms. Toni just went completely over my head. I’d specifically like to take a class on her essay, Grendel and His Mother, as well as the titular paper, The Source of Self-Regard, because I don’t always find her work to be the best to study, autodidactically. 

If it was ever not clear to me before, it’s undeniable here, Toni Morrison was a treasure to the literary world and we are all better for her having embraced her gift as a writer. 

Thank you to Vintage Books for the gifted copy!

Crazy writers, unlikeable characters, schemes, and more. 

I kind of wanted everyone to fail in this one lol. Florence felt a bit dumb to me. The twists were obvious, but not to Florence. Helen sucked. But so did Florence.

This story was an interesting read/listen. This book got very heavy very quickly as (I guess) should be expected, but I somehow was not expecting it. There was a wealth of information here. I would like to have a copy of the book to check the sources because some of this info was so new to me and it made me want to read more. 

I appreciated that the book was narrated by the author. Imani Perry has a very calming voice, which seemed to reflect the blue of which she wrote. 

Thank you to Ecco, Harper Audio, and NetGalley for the advanced listeners copy!

This book reads wasn’t doing it for me. 

I was quite ready for the book to be over by the last third of the story, but the premise was very interesting.

I do enjoy a good epistolary novel. The emails between Rebeca and Oscar, as well as the blog posts from Zoe were interesting, funny at times, and often insightful. A covid book that provides an intimate look in the interior lives of two addicts during lockdown. This unlikely duo won me over in the end, despite both seeming incredibly unlikeable. 

Very interesting story but a bit predictable. 

This was a sad one. 

This book was very compelling, even as a reader who struggles with reading violence against women. It took me a while to get into it because you have to let the story unfold to a point where it’s evident that the characters’ stories are interconnected. I also enjoyed how LA really felt like a character in this book. 

This book was very intriguing. I enjoyed the premise of the feminist movement.  I wasn’t expecting the book to be quite as horny as it was, but I should’ve considering the sex strike lol. But overall this book was very interesting and discusses a topic worth considering. 

Thank you to aaknopf for the gifted copy.