Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

4 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

There are several relationships with notable age gaps.

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, and Abandonment

sarah984's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I can see why people like this book and I did enjoy the community formed by the various women for survival even when they didn't like one another very much. However I felt that most of the characters weren't very deep and a lot of things seemed to be forgiven way too easily. There is a sort of "plot twist" in the mid point which seemed to have no purpose aside from making another character seem more "valuable" to Celie.

Additionally, while looking up information about the book while reading I discovered very recent and bizarre antisemitic comments that Alice Walker has made and I can't recommend reading a book by a living author who is out there recommending David Icke and Alex Jones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Grief

gwen_c's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

The first letter is about child abuse and rape of a minor.