This one pulled me in right away. Celie’s letters make everything feel so personal, and her pain is hard to sit with at times. There’s a quiet strength in her that I really admired, even when she couldn’t see it herself. I found myself rooting for her in the smaller moments more than the big ones.
What stood out most was the way the women show up for each other. Shug, Sofia, and Nettie bring warmth into a story that can feel really heavy and suffocating. Those relationships felt like lifelines, and they meant more to me than almost anything else in the book.
I didn’t always connect with the pacing, and some parts felt more emotionally exhausting than engaging. There were moments where the messaging felt a little heavy handed, which made it harder for me to stay fully invested.
Overall, this is a book I respect more than I enjoyed. It’s powerful and important, but for me it was more something to sit with and learn from than something I loved reading.
★★★
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