First Impression of Beloved

   I have mixed feelings about Beloved. I don't really like the author's writing style because it is difficult to understand and one must read a section slowly and multiple times in order to fully grasp, or at least semi-grasp, it's meaning. After reading through a section I would have to go back and try to analyze what it was that I had just read and how it tied into the overall story. It's also really sad and a little morbid. This family has been through so much and I feel lots of pity for them. But that's what makes me kind of like it. Beloved has a pretty nice story despite its complexity. The characters are interesting and their dark and sullen past is what makes reading about them intriguing. The supernatural element is also a nice touch adding some exciting fantasy that makes me want to keep reading to find out exactly what is going on. Going back to the interesting characters, I like how a major part of the book seems to revolve around the characters remembering and rediscovering their pasts, which they try so hard to forget. It makes it interesting to find out a characters past bit by bit and slowly piece their story together and how their pasts seem to correlate with the other character's pasts. I am ever so slowly forming a story out of the book, it's kind of like a jigsaw puzzle where we are given a mesh of pieces and we must slowly put them where they belong. So over all, I think I am liking, but not loving, Beloved.