3.5 First book I’ve read by Toni Morrison. It was a bit disjointed which reflects on the lives of the characters. This books shows the impact of systemic racism and the American era on each of the characters. The internalized racism and self loathing, and the defenses that comes from it; projection and displacement. You see this is a certain scene that was unexpected and I understood not excusing the behavior but understood where it came from. It was a heavy read and took me some time to get into the flow but it was good.