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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hurston is a powerful, intriguing writer
I've been reading anything I could find for over thirty years and Their Eyes is one of my top ten favorites. Janie's growth as an individual mirrors the emergence of all women's belief in their power and worth as human beings. The dialect can be daunting at first, but with a lttle effort you will soon be swept into this magnificent story. Set in Florida in the...
Published on June 18, 1999
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5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I gave it 1 star because you can't give it any less
If I knew how bad this book was going to be, I would have rather spent the time stabbing my self with toothpicks, than reading it. DON'T WAIST YOUR TIME!!!
Published on April 28, 1999
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hurston is a powerful, intriguing writer,
By A Customer
This review is from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
I've been reading anything I could find for over thirty years and Their Eyes is one of my top ten favorites. Janie's growth as an individual mirrors the emergence of all women's belief in their power and worth as human beings. The dialect can be daunting at first, but with a lttle effort you will soon be swept into this magnificent story. Set in Florida in the 1930's, Janie struggles to satisfy first her grandmother, and then the men in her life. When Teacake contracts rabies, forcing Janie to shoot him defending herdelf, the tragedy seems to overpower her life. Yet, Janie's courage and belief in herself bring a sense of peace to the ending. Bravo Hurston!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thank you, MAXnotes,
By Daniel Robuck (Campbell, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
"Their Eyes..." is a masterpiece of African-American literature, make no doubt of that. But Hurston's wonderful use of dialect, folklore, and idiomatic syntax can at first be daunting. I casually read "Eyes" with the MAXnotes by my side. I got 50% more out of the book that simply would have been lost. Way to go, MAXnotes!
5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I gave it 1 star because you can't give it any less,
By A Customer
This review is from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
If I knew how bad this book was going to be, I would have rather spent the time stabbing my self with toothpicks, than reading it. DON'T WAIST YOUR TIME!!!
9 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A two-cent perversion of Old Yeller,
By A Customer
This review is from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
To all English teachers (Luann March, in particular): don't make your students sleep through a P.O.S. book like this. Taken at face value, the story has no substance; and it's just as poor when you dig for deeper meaning. Read something by Steinbeck instead--don't waste your time.
4 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
it was pharinda,
By A Customer
This review is from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
this book was claaaaaaaa
6 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
it sucks.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
it really sucks
2 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I was forced to read this.....,
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This review is from: Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)
As a part of my AP lit course i plan to take this year, it was required that we read this in order to take the class and guarantee our seat frot hat year. Well, I wasted two days reading this book and I can appreciate that it may be some masterpiece.....but to who? Certainly not to me. I found the book boring and the main character's life was so unrealistic..i wanted 2 puke..its ok to make it exciting..but come on.... too much is too much
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (MAXNotes Literature Guides) by English Literature Study Guides (Paperback - January 2, 1996)
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