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Farven lilla

Alice Walker

4.29 AVERAGE

cw123's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective 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: Yes

mmaciel1023's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective

sad_singledad's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad medium-paced

maritzanka's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sunny_hollow's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense 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

kn33v's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

csheppard9's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

A classic in its own right. Alice Walker explores black experiences in the South after slavery through the life of Celie. The main theme is the abuse of both Celie and her sister Nettie at the hands of their stepfather and Celie's husband, portraying male dominance and power over women. Other themes include police brutality, racism, religion and resilience. The fact that it is written in the form of letters and how black people speak is important and brings another dimension to the novel. I also like how it draws so much from history such as the experiences of Native American tribes and missionaries to Africa.
This is a novel everyone should read.