Epinions Recent Reviews for Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: Inspirational and Educational

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:48:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author brownsugar429 - This book was very moving from the first page to the last. The language might be a slight challenge for some. There were some slow moving chapters near the end but overall I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone looking to read a...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: This book speaks volumes for those down-trotted and redeemed

Thu, 8 Mar 2007 19:22:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mlmack - I saw the movie first run in the theaters. After I saw the movie, I read the book. After I read the book, I cried. I have to say that I have only been able to read the book and see the movie once. Please do not take that as negative. I believe...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: A Quintessential work of literature that touches a chord in the human heart

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:46:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gminor - Alice Walker places a sensitive finger on the various issues that the Afro-American grapples with. With the mid twentieth century as the backdrop,the novel effectively traces the highs and lows in the life of Celie,a black woman. Suffering...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: Alice Walker--The Godess/Womanist, Mother of Creation

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:40:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author pierretascher - What can one say about The Color Purple that has not already been said? Alice Walker is truly gifted, and brings to life some of the most interesting characters in modern literature. Walker's unique literary style has made her one of the premier literary...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: A powerful, heartbreaking and uplifting book

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:57:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author judy_lind - "Dear God," says Celie, "I am fourteen years old. I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me." Celie needs some sign from God to try to make sense out of the nightmare that is her life. She...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: The Color Purple: Hope and Triumph Through Difficult Times

Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:45:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mrs-j - Introduction I knew that I was far behind the times when, in 2003, I had still not ever read the book or seen the movie adaptation of The Color Purple by Alice Walker. My husband and I rented the movie and watched it, transfixed, one au...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: Dear God

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:56:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author youngchinq - I am not even kidding, this is a coloring book. Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is a read that will add color to your life. Even though it starts off excruciatingly painful and depressing after you are done reading and set the book aside, it...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: Sifting For Beauty: The Color Purple

Wed, 29 Aug 2001 01:40:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robinmichele - The Color Purple is a story that will make your heart ache to read it. From the very first page, the reader is forcefully gripped. This. This is what it was like. Brutal. Evocative. Hopeful.

Celie is a young black woman who, for...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: "The More I Wonder, the More I Love"

Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:53:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kats3737 - The Color Purple is a book that explores the full spectrum of human emotion and experiences - from despair to joy and everything in between with incredible skill. The novel not only impacted me emotionally with its story of courage and...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: Hope Blooms From The Color Purple

Sat, 12 May 2001 17:31:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author fallyn96 - I first read Alice Walker's The Color Purple when I was in high school. And no, I didn't read it for a class. I read it for fun. I had found it sitting in my mother's room, and remembered her asking me if I wanted to see The Color Purple when it was in...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: "I think it Pi*ses God off if you walk past the Color Purple

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:00:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BadtzGirl - .....and you don't notice it." This is one of my favorite lines in this book.

This book gave me back my love of reading. As a child, I was a voracious reader, and could often be found in my treehouse, with a bottle of...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: One woman's story.

Sat, 27 May 2000 01:50:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Kidnykid - Celie has to endure more abuse in a short period of time than anyone should in a lifetime - and that only describes what her stepfather did to her.

Told only to discuss her situation with God, she details, in a series of letters to Him, the...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: One of My Favorites

Fri, 12 May 2000 11:00:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author leonbracey - All I can say about this book is wow! It tells the story of Celie and her struggle to find love and acceptance. Her stepfather sexually abuses her, and gives birth to two children by him. He sends the only person that truly loved her, her sister...

Alice Walker - The Color Purple: A Novel: A great book, though slow at times.

Wed, 10 May 2000 19:02:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author PhishJedi - The Color Purple is a modern classic. I thought I didn't like books written in dialect, but I didn't want to put this one down. The story is told through the character Celie's letters to God. She uses them as a place to discuss the abuse her...