TMSOS
Toni Morrison, Song Of Solomon – I’ve had this book on my to-read list forever and ever, and I finally got to it! Yay!!! I wish I could say that I loved it, but… I didn’t. Somehow it seemed a lot like a historical novel that tried to self-consciously distinguish it from a historical novel by… inserting magic realism, and… creating poetic passages, and… cutting back on resolution of characters (for example – Macon Dead seems like a major character throughout the first 2/3 of the book, but he’s then abandoned completely in the ending part). Toni Morrison doesn’t do magic realism well, in my opinion, and more parts of the book struggle than really gel. Guitar’s motivation for seeking Milkman’s death, for example, is pretty silly, and having him attempt the assassination in the middle of a rural Virginian bobcat hunt is totally… INSANE!!!
Sorry, I’m not getting it…