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A review by colbymandell
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
5.0
The pacing is a littleeee wonky, but I feel like this is a problem I have with nearly every classic I’ve read, so maybe it’s just a preferential thing…
The broken English, although I totally understand it’s intention, did make this a more challenging read. I get why it’s necessary, I just personally didn’t love reading it. I had a hard time staying engaged at the start of the book, and ended up using an audiobook to follow along on my kindle.
HOWEVER, Once we start receiving the letters back from Nettie to Celie, I got so invested and really fell in love with some of the characters !! I loveeeeed Shug Avery but she disappointed me at the end… :/ I still really enjoyed reading the way Celie wrote about her though, it was so heartwarming to read and reminded me how special the love behind two women is
The broken English, although I totally understand it’s intention, did make this a more challenging read. I get why it’s necessary, I just personally didn’t love reading it. I had a hard time staying engaged at the start of the book, and ended up using an audiobook to follow along on my kindle.
HOWEVER, Once we start receiving the letters back from Nettie to Celie, I got so invested and really fell in love with some of the characters !! I loveeeeed Shug Avery but she disappointed me at the end… :/ I still really enjoyed reading the way Celie wrote about her though, it was so heartwarming to read and reminded me how special the love behind two women is