Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

183 reviews

katiejohns's review against another edition

hopeful informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexism

angelgo616's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

mmoranag's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Celie’s story of resilience and growth is a beautiful story.  I definitely would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

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

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

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

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

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Gaslighting

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, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

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