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Alice Walker

4.29 AVERAGE

cpestepp's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

songsforwillow's review against another edition

3.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

user8642's review against another edition

5.0

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4.5 stars/ 5

voidycat's review against another edition

5.0

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I was expecting this book to be really depressing because of what I had already read about it but it was so uplifting and beautifully written. Very fast paced and perfect for a reader interested in modern issues but also the issues of black women in America and Africa. This book is a feminists must read!

sgusername39's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional

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an interesting look into a world I know nothing about.  Life started off so terrible for Celie, but in the end I was glad that she seemed happy.  It was a lot of tragedy and trauma, but the strong women in this book percervered and survived.

shoshanna_sunshine's review against another edition

5.0

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sarathevaliant's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hapagirl's review against another edition

3.0

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Heavy. Forgot I had started this.

lunaerica's review against another edition

5.0

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This book is absolutely genius, a phenomenal piece of art about a myriad of heavy topics flowing into one another in the epistolary format that has never been easier to read. The style of the letters is absolutely brilliant - you even notice Celie’s register and overall English improve slightly as she gets older, her sentences becoming longer and more complex - and the story is complete, fully complete and nice despite all the horrible events and history that background it.

It’s a story about the love between women; about all kinds of love and all kinds of people. It’s a story about growth and forgiveness and it’s a story about hope, but also about acceptance. Not compromise, exactly, but certainly acceptance. It’s gripping, striking, beautiful.

cchan1120's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated