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Nov 03, 2008
Book Concierge
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it was amazing
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5***** and a ❤
Review updated on 4th reading, March 2024
Writing the book as a series of letters (or diary entries) really gives the reader the chance to hear Celie. There are moments of despair, of sorrow, and a very few of joy. Celie is an extraordinary woman and watching her grow from a scared girl to a confident, in-charge woman is fascinating and uplifting.
I've read it four times now, and each time I get something more from it. On my most recent re-reading I'm st ...more
5***** and a ❤
Review updated on 4th reading, March 2024
Writing the book as a series of letters (or diary entries) really gives the reader the chance to hear Celie. There are moments of despair, of sorrow, and a very few of joy. Celie is an extraordinary woman and watching her grow from a scared girl to a confident, in-charge woman is fascinating and uplifting.
I've read it four times now, and each time I get something more from it. On my most recent re-reading I'm st ...more
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The book is a series of letters mainly by the main character, Celie. At first she addressed her letters to God cuz there ain't nobody else. She writes of her miserable non-existent life; she wrote that her life was worse than being buried. From being sexually abused by her father, she passed on to a loveless marriage - but her whole life is work work work. The book explores her relationship with her sister, her husband (almost non-existent to begin with), her son, her daughter in law, her husban
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I listened to this for the second go-around and wow, apparently I didn't read it for comprehension the first time around. I didn't remember much about it, like it's an epistolary novel, a large portion of it involves her sister's time in Africa, there's a short section with lots of language, a main theme of the book is God and our relationship with him in whatever form He takes for us, and that it ends hopefully. I really liked it and my audio from the library had the author reading the novel wh
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A very powerful book!
May 12, 2008
Kim DeCina
rated it
it was amazing
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May 31, 2017
Amanda A
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really liked it
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Jun 12, 2010
Charlotte (Buried in Books)
marked it as to-read
