Out of all the 60+ books on the list, why The Color Purple (which was not a choice)?
So, I had heard a lot about the book, for starters (see Shug, by Jenny Han), and I knew enough of the basics to know I would eventually read it. But also it wasn't really a choice. I was sitting in my room, "cleaning" it, and there it was, lying on the floor.
Obviously, the plot to get me to read it worked.
I read it in one sitting, not pausing to think about my impending responsibility of writing not 1, but 4 blog posts about it, and how I would do that. I still haven't thought about that.
But the point is, it's a page-turner. Oh, not like Harry Potter is, or other "action" novels. I don't think I'd say it's an action novel.
It's written in epistolary form- first, letters to God, and then, letters to her possibly-missing-but-maybe-not sister. It's not about a specific event in her life, but it spans x or so years of it. It's just written about her day-to-day life, her norm, so to say, which by ARE standards are pretty horrific. She writes about herself, her family, and everything that she has to get out, but has no one but G-d to tell it to.
But it's not always easier to talk... without ever getting an answer.
The book I read was also written in letters, but the letters were sent to many people and everyone wrote back. Why do you think she writes letters? Does she like, not have anyone to talk to?
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