skylerfox 's review for:

The Color Purple by Alice Walker
5.0
emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Better than the movie (movie still slaps as one of the best of all time), I cried at the end amd couldn't be happier. Was rooting for everybody, and what I love most about this story in general is how it exudes such a quiet joy in small moments throughout the characters' lives, and is always interwoven with hope. Black people and black women almost never get happy endings like this in classic literature/media, and that is what makes this so precious (even classic black lit that I love). Would absolutely read it again, can't stop thinking about it, and just feel like laughing, dancing, crying, laying in a field of purple, and grinning like a fool to the sun.
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