Beloved

By this point, I am about halfway through Beloved, and I love it so far. A lot of my friends do not, however. Many of them seem to think that Tony Morrison's difficult-to-understand writing style makes it a bad book. I agree that her writing is not easy to read. It can be a struggle sometimes to understand what she means by a passage. But I don't think this detracts from the book. Rather, I believe it adds to the power of the novel. While I occasionally have to reread a section multiple teams to gain an understanding of it, and yes, this does interrupt the flow of the reading, I like how not everything is explicitly stated. Many things have to be inferred by the reader, and one is constantly having to read in between the lines to get the subtle meaning behind phrases. But I think this is fun, and I enjoy reading literature that makes you work. Of course, this means the readings take more time, which is unfortunate for my cramped schedule, but I don't really mind that much. So you should read Beloved, because it's an excellent book.