Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

169 reviews

minnettie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Child abuse, Racism, and Rape

eekke's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug use, Genocide, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Incest, Violence, Murder, Hate crime, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Abandonment, Racism, Death, Cursing, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Infidelity

booksnbrooches's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a stunning novel!

I’m not sure me in the past would have appreciated this as much as I can at this time in my life. As they say, books reach us at the right time. This one certainly did. 

It’s a story of love, loss, redemption, and trauma. It’s life and death. Wonderful, wonderful book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Rape, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest

ozziebug524_'s review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, Racism, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

perleerose's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

5.0

Man this book was great. My friend recommended it to me saying ‘it’s mandatory reading for white people’ but it’s so much more than that. It’s such an intersectional book and anyone would be a better person for having read it. The love the characters have for each other is palpable. 
‘But when you talk bout love I don’t have to guess. I have love and I have been love.’

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Racism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Grief, Racial slurs, and Death

moosta2112's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia

caitlaird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Beautifully told, made me cry multiple times. An incredible story of a woman’s strength and resilience while also learning how to love herself, as well as learn how to trust and lean on  her community of women.
 A beautiful exploration of queer identity and love in a time where one might not have the knowledge or words for who they are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Domestic abuse, and Slavery

Moderate: Body shaming, Colonisation, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

marisaferreira's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This story gets me every time, no matter the format. The book, film, and musical have all made me sob. This story is about trauma, forgiveness, strong female relationships, and God, though not in the way most people think. I agree with Alice Walker that God isn’t a ‘Him’ up in the sky at all. It’s all the good and beauty in the world. It’s all the good we are and can be. This story always reminds me that everyone has a purpose in this world, to be and to enjoy being. Not necessarily toxic happiness, but enjoying both the sad and happy times because we exist despite the odds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

greenan26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Misogyny

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

sweetheart_ok's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

As we follow Celie, we have a full view of life as the underdog, the person taken for granted, the overlooked and unloved. However, it becomes evident that this is the one person who is needed most, because this person is the mirror for everyone else. Questions of religion, gender, sexuality, and race are weaved into the journey just as they are in real life. The characters are real, vulnerable, strong, and human. A must read gor those who like to dig into the real (ugly) truth of human nature.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, Abandonment, Child death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Addiction, Racial slurs, War, and Adult/minor relationship