The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara

The Salt Eaters

Toni Cade Bambara

295 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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Second of all is Velma: daughter, mother, wife, friend, worker-and an attempted suicide. She has survived self-slashed wrists and gassed lungs and now she sits on a stool in the Southwest Community Infirmary. For some reason she is not sure of, sh...

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Community Reviews

3.78
based on 366 reviews

Moods

challenging: 90%

reflective: 67%

emotional: 48%

tense: 32%

mysterious: 25%

informative: 20%

funny: 19%

adventurous: 14%

inspiring: 14%

sad: 14%

dark: 12%

hopeful: 12%

lighthearted: 1%

Pace

23% of readers chose medium
76% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
17% of readers chose A mix
77% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

53% of readers chose Yes
34% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

34% of readers chose Yes
52% of readers chose Complicated
7% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

92% of readers chose Yes
2% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

73% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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