Reviews

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

usersavvy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective 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

redheadorganist's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Incest, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Rape, War, and Vomit

elbell's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

allisaw_carla's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

ash_r12_3's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

amberwallace2012's review against another edition

3.0

I enjoyed this story and how it touched on many different forms of love.

tyunyang's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

highlordelliott's review against another edition

5.0

I consider this mandatory reading. The format and diction take a little getting used to (especially if you are fresh off of reading H. G. Wells like I was) but the story told within these pages is truly remarkable. This book deserves every bit of fame it has in pop culture. Celie deals with getting the boot of life in every possible way with such resilience and simple matter-of-fact thinking it's hard to tell whether it's inspiring or concerning. I mainly recommend it for it's commentary on society and race that's present but not heavy-handed enough to come off as "preachy." Walker portrays a fair and mostly unbiased (it's pretty anti-men but given the protagonists plights it's more than understandable) view of humanity that I think a lot of people today would benefit from considering.

bearrigan's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Sisterhood was my favorite part about this. As a younger sister I couldn’t imagine going through with these women did to get back to one another. I never thought I would see the day where I could stand Mr. Harpo finally learned and Sofia was still able to have a fairly good life despite having many years unjustly stripped from her. The love between Shug and Celie was everything but most importantly unconditional. I loved the usage of Nettie in Africa to show colonization and exploitation. Great ending for such a sad traumatic story.

kiannaamaya's review against another edition

5.0

4.75 rounded up to 5 ⭐️