Name: God Help the Child
Rating: 3.829268292682927 (41 reviews)
ISBN: 9780307594174

Toni Morrison

A latest novel by the Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Bluest Eye traces the impact of childhood trauma on the lives of a beautiful multiracial woman, the man she loves and an abused white girl who looks to her for help.

God Help the Child

Jackie Cunningham

Brilliant. Heart-wrenching. Her most accessible, most beautiful and most breathtaking work.

I always read the most depressing yet beautifully literary books. I definitely need a palate cleanser after this, but Morrison is talented beyond words.

Elisabeth Thoresen

Sade A

On a scale of 1-100, how much love are you supposed to have for Toni Morrison's books? Cos i have to tell you guys, i was kinda 

about this book.

I love the way she writes about social issues and how the book opens up conversations about colorism, grief and the effect bad parenting has on childrens' psyche BUT I just wasn't crazy sold about the cohesiveness of this story.

Anyways, first foray into a Toni Morrison novel wasn't all that bad. Wasn't super great but not bad either.

3.5 stars.

Maxime van der Wal

2.5 stars
This was a very disjointed novel. There are many loose ends and the different narratives really didn't add much to the story. This was my first introduction to Morrison and I'm underwhelmed to say the least. It's not bad, but the theme of childhood trauma could've been explored so much better. Lots of unused potential here, mostly due to the unfocused plot.

God Help the Child

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