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Title: The ingredients of greatness strewn about, but not blended
Review: I have read many black author's fictional works, including Toni Morrison's in the past. Most of these books were enlightening and original. Paradise was original, but also disjointed and confusing.In this fairly slim volume, the characters of an entire town are mentioned. Some of these characters are described. Only one , Connie, is fully characterized. If you want to take a stab at writing about Ruby as a large backdrop canvas against which certain dramatic events later take place, you just have to use more words to satisfyingly convey this town, this black American MIDDLEMARCH, with it's many people and it's amazing history---It really saddens me that Ms. Morrison did not take more time with this book and produce the truly great work of fiction that Paradise could have become
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