Book Review

[kenjari]

Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston

This book was great. It's set in the early part of the 20th century and moves between Georgia and Florida. The main character, Janie Crawford, is one of the best heroines I've ever encountered. She refuses to simply and unquestioningly accept what the people around her think she should be. She finds out for herself who she is and how she wants her life to be. She finds both joy and sorrow, but she also finds out how to be truly alive and truly herself. Nothing ever tramples her under. And Hurston's writing is beautiful yet direct and natural.

Comments

[qualario.livejournal.com]

Didn't one of the male characters in that book have an absolutely absurd name? I vaguely remember being required to read this in high school but, in good Lazy Genius form, not reading it.

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

One of them is nicknamed Tea Cake. And there are a few minor characters with similarly colorful nicknames.