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Book Review of The Color Purple

The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Author: Alice Walker
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


Fantastic book - the characters leap off the page! The tale of Celie's miserable life with Mister, her love for her sister, Nettie, and her infatuation with Mister's lover, Shug Avery weave into each other and develop into a masterpiece by the end of the book. Be warned, however, that the book delves much deeper into the relationship between Celie and Shug than the movie does - there is a rather graphic scene in the book that was not included in the movie, for obvious reasons.