Sula offers poignant insights into friendship, sexuality, womanhood, and blackness in a small town in Ohio in the early 20th century. Sula herself is an intriguing, if not beguiling, character, and she alone drove me to persist in this novel.

It is always incredibly hard for me to read a classic from a renowned novelist and feel as though I am missing something critical. This is the second book by Morrison I have read (the first being The Bluest Eye), and what I've found is that while I have immense appreciation for the themes and messages of Morrison's work, ultimately I am just not a fan of her storytelling style. Morrison is able to write vivid, lively characters, which I love, but at the end of the day, I always feel as though I am trying to put the pieces together in a story to the point where it detracts from my reading experience.

This is all to say that I truly believe Toni Morrison is receiving all the love and respect her writing deserves, but ultimately her writing is just not for me.