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Summary: Magnificent book!
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This is the most magnificent books I have read. Filled with sadness and turmoil, so full of truth....so determined. I came from a life of abuse (child). Though I have read mostly memoirs like NIGHTMARES ECHO, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS and BEAUTY FOR ASHES to try and help aide in the healing process. I have found that this book COLOR PURPLE has also helped me in so many ways to understand the feelings that go on inside someone that comes from abuse. This is truly a page turner. So Magnificent.
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Summary: Magnificent book!
Review: This is the most magnificent books I have read. Filled with sadness and turmoil, so full of truth....so determined. I came from a life of abuse (child). Though I have read mostly memoirs like NIGHTMARES ECHO, I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS and BEAUTY FOR ASHES to try and help aide in the healing process. I have found that this book COLOR PURPLE has also helped me in so many ways to understand the feelings that go on inside someone that comes from abuse. This is truly a page turner. So Magnificent.
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Summary: The Color Purple a Colorful Classic
Review: I haven't read many books in my lifetime, probably because reading seems boring to me, but The Color Purple held my attention until the very last word of the very last page. Alice Walker really outdid herself on this one! The Color Purple has sex, lesbianism and violence, what more could you ask for? The story makes you cry as it rips your heart out but then just when it seems so bad something funny makes you laugh and you continue reading. This award wining novel of 1982 gets a high mark in my opinion. The Color Purple was set in the deep south at a time when whites felt superior to blacks. Life was anything but easy for Celie but she knew how to survive. Celie never knew what it was like to be loved and the one person who did love her and whom she loved, her sister Nettie, was taken away from her. All that changed when Celie met one flamboyant blues singer called Shug. When reading this book I found that it was very easy to get caught up in the character's emotions and feel for them. I found myself hurting when the characters hurt and being scared for them because I could actually develop a relationship with each and every character. The plot seemed as if it were all tangled up in the beginning of the story and slowly it untangled itself until everything made sense and fit together perfectly at the end. As the plot unraveled it revealed a story line that would seem nothing short of miraculous. The way that the book is set up is extremely creative. The entire book is written as if it were a collection of diary entries written by Celie, the main character. No real chapters exist, only writings. This style makes the book fun to read because the book keeps my attention. On a negative note the book was sometimes very hard to follow however, the language of the book did have its positive side. Because it was written with improper English and slang terms from the deep south, it was very common to read a series of sentences and have no idea what the author was trying to say. I was somewhat unfamiliar with the way people talked in the south during the time this book was set in. I found myself pouring over one word for ten minutes trying to figure out what it was. The form that the book was written in does, however, help to develop the characters in more detail. Sometimes I could actually hear a character speaking a certain line of text in my head because I got so used to that particular character's language. Over all the color purple is a heartwarming tale that any African American or anyone for that matter can thoroughly enjoy. It's no wonder that the book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the American Book Award for Fiction when it was first published back in 1982. It was the award winning novel of the year. I would definitely recommend this book because my reading experience was very enjoyable. I would recommend the book to a mature adult because it contains some sexual content and bad language. I feel that a female would enjoy The Color Purple a great deal more than a male would, simply because I believe that a female could relate more to the main character.
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Summary: "Purple-is the Best"
Review: I've seen the movie which prompted me to read the book and that it was on Oprah's BC list. However, for the first time, I can truly say that the movie was just as good as the book (usually the book is always better). An excellent keeper. Also working its way up the Oprah's list is the novel, LUST OF THE FLESH by Beverly Rolyat, an author's writing thats reminiscent to Alice Walker. An engaging, compelling, eye-opening read. Lust of the Flesh is about a corrupted district attorney who gets caught up in scandalous activities. A lot of sexually explicit material but that accounts for the theme and title of book. An excellent and enlightening read through and through. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Written for Women Everywhere
Review: The Color Purple is by far one of the most thought out and well written books that I have ever read. It is all about a girl named Celie and her trecherous, traumatic, and finally triumphant walk through life. Though Celie begins poor, unhappy, and sexually abused, she over comes all obstacles and becomes outspoken, strong, and confident. But she doesn't do it alone. Along the way, Celie receives help from the other women in the book. Whether they help with love and kindness or lead by example, Celie is influenced by every last one. By making women the stronger characters, Alice Walker shows all who read that women are certainly not the weaker sex. She represents men as indecisive, weak, and abusive. Celie is also influenced by God and religion. When she is raped by her step father, he tells her that she'd, "better not tell nobody but God," and so that is exactly what she does. This novel is actually a series of letters written by Celie to God about the events occuring in her life. Although she writes to him often, Celie is never really close to God until her lover, Shug, explains her views of God to Celie: that God is an 'it', and that God is found in nature. This, reflecting Alice Walker's own views of God and religion, changes the way Celie looks at life and gives her a much more optomistic point of view. Also, Celie's sister Nettie is a missionary in Africa and witnesses to Celie in her letters every chance that she gets. Though the book contains many 'questionable' subjects, over all it has an excellent message to deliver, and I would recommend it to anyone with an open mind.
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Summary: Greatest Book
Review: This is one of the greatest books of all time. This book is heart moving, truthful and extremely emotional. If you thought you had problems you didn't experience anything yet until you've read this book. It will literally leave you in tears. It is a guaranteed masterpiece. It will leave you with a different judgment about God, race, and sex. The Color Purple if not change you as a person, it will definitely change your views about your life. This would be the perfect gift to give someone.
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