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squidreads12's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I love Alice Walker!!!!
She writes in such an intelligent and exquisitely crafted way. I always admire writers who write something that you know must have taken a lot of thought and editing but is still so easy to read. You can’t help but love the main character of Meridian, this intensely reflective revolutionary Black woman in 1960s America. Her journey of self discovery and attempting to help her community was thought provoking, inspiring, and just a really good read. Brava, Alice Walker.
She writes in such an intelligent and exquisitely crafted way. I always admire writers who write something that you know must have taken a lot of thought and editing but is still so easy to read. You can’t help but love the main character of Meridian, this intensely reflective revolutionary Black woman in 1960s America. Her journey of self discovery and attempting to help her community was thought provoking, inspiring, and just a really good read. Brava, Alice Walker.
teryn's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
eliathereader's review against another edition
2.0
Alice Walker’la tanışma kitabım Renklerden Moru olmuştu ve favorilerim arasında yerini almıştı. Hala kitaplığımda gördükçe ‘ne kadar güzel bir kitaptı’ diye düşünmeden edemem. Meridian yazarın çevrilen diğer eseri ve sırf öncesinde Renklerden Moru’nu okumuş olduğumdan yüksek beklentilerimin olduğu bir kitaptı. Irkçılık, sevgi ve en çok da sivil haklar hareketleri hakkında yazılmış ve yazar kurgudan çok fikirlerini ortaya dökmeye odaklanmış. Benim için sorun aslında tam olarak karakterlere gelindiğinde başladı. Anlatımı bir nebze sevme ve güçlü bulmuş olsam da karakterlere bir türlü ısınamamam kitabı sevemememe yol açtı. Meridian sevimsiz bir karakterdi bunun yanında Truman’ı okumaktan hiç keyif almadım. Aslında sevilmeyecek karakterler yazmak ve okura sunmak büyük bir cesaret çünkü kusursuz yazılan karakterlerde insan kendini bulmayı başaramıyor. Kitabı okurken kitabın uzun olmamasına rağmen birçok kısımda sıkıldığımı fark ettim. Aktivizm hakkında fazlasıyla durulmuş ki bu da kitabı güçlü kılan yer olmuş. Alice Walker iyi bir yazar ve bu kitapta değindiği konular da oldukça etkileyiciydi ama ne yazık ki sevemediğim kitaplar arasına girdi. Eğer yazardan bir kitap okunacaksa Renklerden Moru tercih edilebilir.
bookmarvel's review against another edition
2.0
I read this book in my Women’s Lit English class, and I liked the first couple chapters and it seemed interesting but then past that point I didn’t really understand any of it and it was very complicated. Like I read it, and I didn’t hate reading it, but all of the discussion work I had to do for the class I just did not understand what was going on in the book. The language of the book is nice, and the characters and the plot have a bunch of meaning, I just don’t know what it is and overall I just didn’t understand it so I didn’t like it.
suspendedinair's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
mccalab's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual assault
asae324's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.5
mcraig0490's review against another edition
2.0
The book had some interesting parts to it but the short vignettes and out of order story telling just made me lose interest.
thewakeless's review against another edition
1.0
Brutal. Just absolutely and seaselessly brutal. It's a book where terrible things happen to people, over and over again. It's a book full of tension and contention and so many ungrieved losses. An uncomfortable read, but as Alice was part of the Civil Rights movement during this time, then I think there must be a lot of truth on it. It's pretty pathetic that I am squeamish to the fiction when people like her had to live with the actuality. The writing is impactful, beautiful and haunting at times, but honestly this was an unplesant read and I don't think I could stomach another of her books.