A review by ryxuu
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

challenging emotional funny 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

I’ve read this for the first time at 23 years old and I feel like I’ll need to read it again every few years until I’m as old as Celie is when it ends. This is such a special book and Alice Walker is an essential voice. This is a story full of grief and sorrow, but even more than that it’s a story full of love and resilience and sisterhood and growth. It both empowers and questions in its discussions of faith, society, gender roles, cultural norms, and more. The text is so rich and filling and I devoured this book in just over a week because I was so eager to spend as much time with Celie and Nettie as I could. I felt so closely connected to them and only wish that I could have continued to be with them after the book ended. I will carry all of these characters in my heart with me for the rest of my life. 
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