Edited by author 04-05-2002 11:15 PM
The Bean Trees was awesome! I took this class because I do not like to read and I thought that it would help me enjoy it more. So far so good. Beloved is a very good book, but once you think that you understand what is going on in the story, she throws something else at you. My first real understanding came when Beloved showed up. The story is getting better. I am finding it hard to put it down. Sometimes I walk away feeling more stupid after I read it because of the language, but then again to really be able to understand what they are saying and what they are meaning, only means that you have to be somewhat intelligent. The whole story is a real eye opener because for a woman to be so independent in that time was outrageous. But also gives us (women)stength to know it is okay to be independent. There are so many relationships in this book you almost have to map it all out!