Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

34 reviews

starrylight's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

I see how this is a classic but it was a hard book to read, not in the language or the heavy themes just it was hard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Emotional abuse, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Classism, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Rape

lambclown's review against another edition

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: Rape, Sexual assault, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Hate crime, Confinement, and Incest

li_gao's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Incest, Death of parent, Infidelity, Racism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, and Rape

achay91's review

emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Colonisation, Misogyny, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Death of parent, Hate crime, and Murder

kia_y_k's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Hate crime, Sexual violence, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Slavery, Addiction, Alcohol, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual content

mysteryspouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Grief, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

niareads78's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

znvisser's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

The Color Purple has been one of my mom’s favourite movies for years, so it’s about time I watch it (and then the upcoming release too of course); but then I couldn’t without first reading the book. So I sourced a pretty Penguin edition and finally got started. 

This story does a lot of things and it does all of them really well. It’s full of complicated people, relationships and lives; of women gaining strength and wisdom with their years and some men trying (and some not); of exploration of faith and building community; and of (post-)colonial criticism slicing through it all. 

In advance, I was weary of its form - through letters, but it worked out surprisingly well. And I'm also becoming more and more of a sucker for stories in which the real love story is platonic. This is such a rich story, and I can’t wait to see how it translates into films. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Colonisation

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Infertility, Addiction, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death, and Drug abuse

gaycree's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? No

5.0

no words can describe the beauty and immense joy it was to read this. its very sad that no film adaptation has been able to handle the emotional queer lesbian love story at the heart of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Gaslighting, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Sexism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia