I would compare Morrison's writing to Capote both have to be passionate and personal to their writing. Although Updike is somewhat I don't think what he writes about is always as challenging if there was a scale of extreme-ordinary I think that Morrison and Capote would score higher on the extreme end. I tend to like the conflict associated with these novels a little more they not only hold your attention better, but are often leave a lasting impression more so than Updike or Junebug did. I like Love so far I have gotten a lot of comments reading it on the metro every morning/afternoon it apparently is very well known. The distance is shorter for Capote and Morrison they pick passionate topics to which they can relate where Updike possibly picks topics that are a challenge in a different way because he often writes about characters he isn't like, ex:Rabbit.