God Help the Child (Morrison) - Book Reviews

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Nobel laureate Morrison continues to add to her canon of eloquent, brilliantly conceived novels defining the crises and cultural shifts of our times.... Yet another finely distilled masterpiece.
Jane Ciabattari - BBC


Sly, savage, honest, and elegant.... Morrison spikes elements of realism and hyperrealism with magic and mayhem, while sustaining a sexily poetic and intoxicating narrative atmosphere.... Once again, Morrison thrillingly brings the storytelling moxie and mojo that make her, arguably, our greatest living novelist.
Lisa Shea - Elle


(Starred review.) Emotionally-wrenching... [Morrion’s] literary craftsmanship endures with sparse language, precise imagery, and even humor. This haunting novel displays a profound understanding of American culture and an unwavering sense of justice and forgiveness.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review.) "What you do to children matters. And they might never forget." That's the lesson finally learned by light-skinned Sweetness, who rejects her daughter Bride because of her blue-black skin. That luminous skin leads Bride to triumph.... Another dazzler from Nobel laureate Morrison. —Barbara Hoffert
Library Journal


(Starred review.) Brutality, racism and lies are relieved by moments of connection in Morrison's latest. A little girl is born with skin so black her mother will not touch her. Desperate for approval...she tells a lie that puts an innocent schoolteacher in jail for decades.... A chilling oracle and a lively storyteller, Nobel winner Morrison continues the work she began 45 years ago with The Bluest Eye.
Kirkus Reviews