Finally done with one

Okay, so first off Mr. Sheehy is a complete liar and don't believe anything he says about the last Harry Potter book which everyone needs to read. Anyways, I just finished Song of Solomon and while I think it was a good book, it was really slow until the last seventy or so pages when it got really interesting. Definitely a character driven book. The one thing that really jumped out at me was Morrison's objectivity toward her characters. I feel like that's the wrong word because it makes it sound like she's indifferent toward them, but it's the closest I can think of. Characters arent portrayed as good or bad and both sides are always shown. The closest you get to a "bad" person would be Macon Dead Jr., but his miserliness is quazi-justified by his love of his father. Pilate, Ruth, Macon, Milkman, Guitar could easily be criticized or disliked for things that they do, but Morrison doesn't give her opinion. I think she's the first author I've ever read who left me with a feeling like that. Like the characters aren't meant to be judged, but accepted for who they are, faults and all; just displayed for the reader's enjoyment. I'm still milling over the ending though and the way guitar turned out.