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Gott, hilf dem Kind by Toni Morrison

21 reviews

sufiaa's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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jenvickerman's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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krisheiney's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Toni Morrison has a knack for creating vast vivid worlds, whole painful histories, in so few pages, and this is no exception. A meditation on generational trauma and the scars we try to hide. Beautiful and aching. 
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celiza76's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I love Toni Morrisons writing - I would read anything of hers - I just couldn’t quite relate to this book. 
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mlaudig's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The prose is a feast, and while the content was sometimes hard to read because of its nature, I was moved by so many of the lessons that Morrison provides here. 
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readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Please take the trigger warnings seriously 

I agree with others that it’s not on par with her best work even if the prose is still there. But also the book reminded how I really think Morrison’s work should be considered magical realism. 
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blossominthebooks's review against another edition

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dark reflective fast-paced

4.5

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mdavis26's review against another edition

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3.75

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3littlewordz's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the final standalone novel (really a novella) from the beloved Toni Morrison, and I'm so glad I listened to this in Muva Morrison's voice!

I don't have the vocabulary to express how I felt reading this novel. No words were wasted at all, and I actually wish some storylines
(Where did Bride's father go? Could we go more into depth with Queen's background? Why was Sophia even in a position to be falsely accused?)
were further explored. Still, with less than 200 pages, Muva Morrison chose which storylines to illuminate very intently. I had to keep reminding myself that Bride was pretty young because most of her decisions made absolutely no sense to my late 30s mind. The themes of child sexual and emotional abuse were interwoven throughout the story - incredibly heartbreaking, but it was not gratuitous. My only drawback is the length of the story, but I will gladly listen to or read again!
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calamansikyra's review against another edition

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5.0

the audiobook is read by Toni Morrison herself and I loved listening to it. usually I don’t think I absorb as much listening to audiobooks but this book left so much with me after it ended— so many scenes and phrases and visceral feelings from the characters that i think about all the time even way after I finished this book (heartbreak should burn like a star, bride with her foot stuck in her crashed car, queen’s warmth, etc etc etc)— the main themes and traumas of this book are really intense and hard to grapple with but the characters, the storytelling, the intimacy and hope for healing kept me going, and Toni Morrison reading aloud from my phone is literally such a gift :’) the conversational/confessional tone, especially of bride and her mom's chapters, was brought to such vivid life by her voice. off to keep making my way thru all her work 🫡 


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