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Title: The banter of the washerwomen
Review: That is the only way I can describe Morrison's style. It is like being down at the creek, listening to the gossip of the washerwomen. There is no linear progression. Rambling and feral. It was frankly just hard to wrap my brain around this plot and, more importantly, the method of its unveiling. Now, before you throw me into the Morrison-hater category, I also read Paradise, and, though some of the same difficulties were present, (many pages were read four or five times trying to figure out what the hell was going on), I enjoyed it and found its theme more liberating. Beloved was simply a downer, wallowing in a depressing past. Paradise better balanced the search for roots with the need for wings.
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