Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

109 reviews

prideandparchment's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautifully written prayer to every living thing. It hurts, it grinds into yiur flesh. But it gives you hope, it opens your eyes to beauty... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Slavery

tenten's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Sexual violence, and Incest

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Slavery, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Murder, Hate crime, Rape, Racism, and Infidelity

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Police brutality, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Colonisation, Violence, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

_ao_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Shocking. Sweet. Sad. Heartwarming. Bitter. Beautiful complete reflection on life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Death, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

LGBTQ, polyamory, feminism.

studiouspoppy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

I loved it. It’s definitely hard to read and contains a lot of race-gender based violence, but that’s life. The religious reflections were really interesting, and the discussions on sexuality were truly ahead of its time. The difference in the narrators voices was so well done too, same with their evolution. The sisterhood, the different types of love, the diverse families were everything!
Will be rereading it, and I will definitely recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and War

saojimenez's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

i literally hate classic lit, but THIS WAS SO GOOD OMFG!! i loved watching celie’s character grow as the story went on. and the discussions of womanhood and religion>>>> it was genuinely such an amazing book, and i’m glad i loved it as much as i did (:

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Racism, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexism

starstruk99's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual content, Rape, Racial slurs, and Colonisation

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Cursing, Violence, and Pregnancy

kawooreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

It has taken over 37 years for me to finally read this book. I have known the story of Celie most of my life and have seen the movie, but as expected, the book is so much better. It does hurt your heart. It does burn your soul. I enjoy books written in a diary/journal format, because stories are told through thoughts and feelings. Celie is a woman struggling to find her self-worth, love, and reason for living. As a reader, you struggle with her as you learn all the harms that have befallen her, all the ways in which her peace is stolen from her. But you also get to see her find her voice, her joy, and her belonging. I can assume this book has been challenged for its conversations on masterbation and female desire, while people fighting to see it banned don't see the important social commentary on colonialism, racism, sexism, domestic violence, and rape, among other things. There is a lot to digest from this book and not all of it is pleasing to the palette. When I say I like classic literature, this is the kind I'm referring to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Incest and Infidelity

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

I can see why people like this book and I did enjoy the community formed by the various women for survival even when they didn't like one another very much. However I felt that most of the characters weren't very deep and a lot of things seemed to be forgiven way too easily. There is a sort of "plot twist" in the mid point which seemed to have no purpose aside from making another character seem more "valuable" to Celie.

Additionally, while looking up information about the book while reading I discovered very recent and bizarre antisemitic comments that Alice Walker has made and I can't recommend reading a book by a living author who is out there recommending David Icke and Alex Jones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Medical content, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Ableism, Grief, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

jadziaaudrey's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Colonisation, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical trauma, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War and Slavery