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A review by booksnbrooches
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What a stunning novel!
I’m not sure me in the past would have appreciated this as much as I can at this time in my life. As they say, books reach us at the right time. This one certainly did.
It’s a story of love, loss, redemption, and trauma. It’s life and death. Wonderful, wonderful book.
I’m not sure me in the past would have appreciated this as much as I can at this time in my life. As they say, books reach us at the right time. This one certainly did.
It’s a story of love, loss, redemption, and trauma. It’s life and death. Wonderful, wonderful book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Rape, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Incest