Shirley 7 7 itibaren Özyörük Köyü, 55900 Özyörük Köyü/Vezirköprü/Samsun, Türkiye itibaren Özyörük Köyü, 55900 Özyörük Köyü/Vezirköprü/Samsun, Türkiye

I've recently discovered a liking for Agatha Christie novels and found this audiobook in our local library. As most other productions by the "Hörverlag" (at least the older onces, they have changed that policy since Harry Potter due to greater interest in audiobooks) this is an abridged version. I haven't read the full novel yet, so I can't comment on how much was left out. Having seen one of the movie adaptions beforehand, I also knew the ending and thus can't comment if it's logically understandable for someone who only knows this abridged edition. The story itself was good as always. And as mostly with Agatha Christie, the identity murderer and his motive was a surprise to me (when I saw the movie adaption) but when it's all cleared up it makes total sense. I really found I liked the character of Lucy Eyelesbarrow.

Morrison does a hauntingly wonderful job at describing the trials and tribulations of a poor black girl named Pecola. Pecola longs for blue eyes so that she can one day feel beautiful. Cholly, Pecola's father, rapes her and she is mistreated by everyone in society including her friends Frieda and Claudia by the end of the novel. In the end, the only person that will talk to her is her alter ego who praises her on her blue eyes. Morrison develops the characters so ingeniously that even the nastiest and most troubled character gains some sympathy from the reader. She makes prose into poetry and the predator into the prey. You feel emotionally tired and like your soul was violated along with Pecola's.