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The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Start date: August 1, 2017

Finish date: August 30, 2017

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Jan 16, 2020 Jehona rated it it was amazing

Shelves: america-north, classics, tcbc

There are so many themes in this book. It opens up with an extremely sad story and throws quite unexpectedly at you all of the problems of the main character. Once it has gotten your full attention, you are ready to follow Celie through the rest of her life. And it is quite a life. Everything is constantly moving until the last few pages. I felt like it was a bit flat in the end. Like the story has been running and is now slowing to a stop, taking a bit longer than you would expect based on the ...more

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Jul 21, 2012 Martha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: would-read-again, read-2016, feminism, needs-trigger-warning, 2016-yorwoc, bipoc-authors-black

This was my second time reading the Color Purple - I swear I don't remember it being this good?! It could be that I was too immature the first time because this is certainly a novel that deals with complex subjects -race, gender, sexuality, sexual violence, faith, my goodness.

It's a testament to Walker's skill as a storyteller, that she could address such a long list of social issues with such nuance, and without sounding preachy or arrogant. This was a story about a person, and these issues we ...more

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Jul 07, 2014 Lori rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: tv-film-or-pbs-adaptations, novel

I was very young the first time I read this so I thought I’d give it another shot. I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time around, however, the changes that happen to Nettie during her last year or so before she reunites with Celie are not as believable as the other events that take place throughout the story. And though her letters to Celie remain about the same length throughout, the last few somehow feel rushed and not as detailed. With that said, whether in the book or on the big screen ...more

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