Reviews with content warning for Racial slurs - The Color Purple

Firstly, I will say that in this edition of the book there is an author’s note at the start. Please don’t read this first if you are not familiar with the story! It gives some minor spoilers!

Celie writes about her life in letters to God and to her sister, Nettie. Celie has been abused by life and this is very much a story of strength, resilience, and learning. I feel like I’ve learned a lot while also enjoying an amazing story.

I found the writing style sometimes hard to decipher and I did find myself googling words or sounding them out to figure their meaning. At the same time, I really appreciated the use of this style as I felt it was both integral to the character development and made me get even more engrossed in the text.

However, I feel like I may have missed significant meanings on my first read as I was eager to learn what happened to Celie and Nettie. Therefore, a re-read in the near future is a must!

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rubyeve's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-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? No

5.0

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cbear_13's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was great although at some parts I was confused or a little disinterested overall it’s an amazing book and I feel as though the message of female empowerment is so great and overcoming challenges also a great point. I will say it might be a hard read because of the topics in it so I would say there are definitely trigger warnings and to educate yourself on what they are before you choose to read it or not. I would say this book is in my top three favorite books I read this school year.

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otterreadmore's review against another edition

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This book was incredible; however, I would definitely rate it for a mature audience. The sexual content, language, and abuse are quite prevalent in the first third of the book.

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itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Really impactful novel. I enjoyed the book despite the harsh and heavy topics weaved throughout.

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hannahsbookshelf's review against another edition

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sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No

3.5

I found this book both hard to like but also lovely at the same time! It is a hard story because of some of the things that happen are sad and abhorrent. It deals with subject matter such as rape, racism, scarification and having your babies taken from you.

The thing I liked about this book was that even though the sister's letters were never responded to, they kept writing. They had hope they would see each other once again and writing to one another even if they would never read it would help them keep their strong sisterly bond. This part of the story was beautiful.

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