Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

169 reviews

cosmicreader90's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

Wayyyy better than the movie in terms of truly understanding the things that were implied in the movie 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

courtneys_reading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? N/A

3.5

I almost gave up on this one because the writing style wasn't my favourite. I know it was to reflect the way people talked but reading it isn't easy compared to hearing it. 

Still, glad I stuck with it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Slavery, Racism, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

jadonmorgs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Slavery, Sexism, Hate crime, Incest, Rape, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

dragon_s_hoard's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Amazing character writing, this book is hard hitting and poignant. 
The epistolary style works well, but the fact that the plot is a “slice-of-life-over-a-lifetime” made it a little bit meandering for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Abandonment, Racism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Classism, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Addiction

nathelregel's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

One of the best books I’ve ever read. I want to have a discussion about this book with anyone and everyone. The amount of themes covered and what would hit others that I missed entirely, etc. this is my favorite classic I’ve read so far. I would recommend this book to literally anyone. I was 27 the first time I read it and I’d be interested in my thoughts re-reading it as a 50 year old. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Colonisation, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Racism, and Sexual assault

alicelucygranger's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

I understand the purpose of the way it was written but I found that it made it difficult to read and that distracted me from the book. Even though quite a lot happens it’s really slow in parts. However interesting insight into the life of someone from that background and time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

hstcrow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Racism, Classism, Slavery, Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, and Colonisation

wall's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Colonisation

reidpalmer's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

malindaweat1983's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, and Slavery