their eyes were watching god by zora neale

But, when my sis-in-law said it was her favorite book of all time, I'm always excited to get a recommendation that someone is passionate about. Maybe this will change someone else's mind that turned the channel that day back in 2005. ' Karen Valby of Entertainment Weekly comments, 'While the book chews on meaty questions of race and identity, the movie largely resigns itself to the realm of sudsy romance.' New York Times critic Virginia Heffernan writes, 'the film is less a literary tribute than a visual fix of Harlequin Romance: Black Southern Series-all sensual soft-core scenes and contemporary, accessible language.' *ouch-ouch-ouch* My purpose in bringing this up is that I had been so turned against this book I was never going to read it, and what a shame. I feel vindicated for my harsh opinion - I don't like to feel like a meany - by the reviews I just read concerning that debacle: 'Catering to its TV audience, the film largely avoided the more controversial themes of race, gender, and power. There was a sense of arrogance to the production, like that you feel when someone thinks they can improve on great art, and goes on to disprove that haughtiness by giving Mona Lisa a bigger smile. The production felt like a piece extrapolated from art twisted for a motive. Why? Because I tried to watch the Harpo Production in 2005 and didn't feel it (hated it nod to Sandy's review). Uhhh.I have to admit, it was not one I wanted to read, and had in fact removed it from my TBR list. In our latest conversation I suggested a few I'd just finished - she gave me Their Eyes Were Watching God. My sister-in-law and I share books, since we have similar tastes.

Their eyes were watching god by zora neale