God Help the Child by Toni Morrison – Review
“You still believe heartbreak should burn like a star?”
Toni Morrison, God Help the Child
“I do.”
God Help the Child is poetry describing the utmost of unspoken traumas.
[The above is literally all that I can say. I’m in love, this is a favorite of all time for me. Yet, I have no clue what to say. I’m feeling a bit of imposter syndrome trying to write a review for a book that astounded me and has left me pretty speechless. Definitely something I need to work on – finding the words when I cannot find any at all.]
“then he offered her the hand she had craved all her life, the hand that did not need a lie to deserve it, the hand of trust and caring for – a combination that some call natural love.”
Toni Morrison, God Help the Child
I don’t even know how to talk about this book but I loved it so much. I rarely give books ratings, and as soon as I was finished I marked it 5 stars on goodreads. I was so scared to read this because I did not understand A Mercy, but I’m so glad I picked it up. Not scared as in an innate fear, but scared that I’ve heard so many people love Toni Morrison’s writing and I didn’t get much from A Mercy other than “What did I just read?”
“You still believe heartbreak should burn like a star?” “I do. But stars can explode, disappear. Besides, what we see when we look at them may no longer be there. Some could have died thousands of years ago and we’re just now getting their light.”
Toni Morrison, God Help the Child
Unlike before reading God Help the Child, I am definitely up for trying some more of Toni Morrison’s work.
“Bride probably knows more about love than I do. At least she’s willing to figure it out, do something, risk something and take its measure. I risk nothing. I sit on a throne and identify signs of imperfection in others. I’ve been charmed by my own intelligence and the moral positions that I’ve taken, along with the insolence that accompanies them. But where is the brilliant research, the enlightening books, the masterpieces I used to dream of producing? Nowhere. Instead I write notes about the shortcomings of others. Easy. So easy. What about my own?”
Toni Morrison, God Help the Child
Read on and retry those authors who may have scared you away the first time.
“I sold my elegant blackness to all those childhood ghosts and now they pay me for it.”
Toni Morrison, God Help the Child
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