zsreport t1_j286bew wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:42 AM

I think the only ones who consider the book “horrific” are the ones trying to ban the book (and often they haven’t read the book, they’ve just heard right wing messaging about the book).

snek_charm t1_j298n3x wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:54 PM

I disagree, and it's one of my favorite novels. That book is horrific because it's trying to convey the horrors of slavery and the thorny and fraught nature of escape. They've managed to free themselves of the physical shackles that bound them, but the psychic horrors remain with them, and likely will for generations to come. Beloved was born outside slavery, but the spectre of being sent back there killed her, and she literally embodies the lingering history of her family's trauma. It's uncomfortable and it should be uncomfortable, and to me that's why it's horror.

Y_Brennan t1_j28vxyf wrote on December 30, 2022 at 2:24 PM

I think there are some pretty horrific discriptions plus the whole stream of consciousness entering the mind of the main characters is hard to experience. Overall 10/10 book one of the greatest ever written.