A review by cielosiluminado
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

emotional reflective sad 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

i now understand why this is such a beloved classic. it’s heartbreakingly beautiful and life-changing. just read it, you won’t regret it.

⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ favorite quotes:

“But I didn’t know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive.”

“[U]nbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.”

“Anyhow, I say the God I been praying and writing to is a man. And act just like all the other mens I know. Trifling, forgitful and lowdown.”

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.”

“People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”