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I read the book years ago and I loved it. I watched the movie growing up and even though they have some differences,as expected, Alice Walker did an amazing job!

I edited this, because I ended up typing this whole long thing and realized none of it was how I really felt or what I wanted to say. What I want to say is simply this:

I don't think everything Celie comes to believe about God is true, but there is one thing that rides home for me. God is not an image. He is a living, breathing, spirit.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I'm not really sure how to explain my feelings about this book. The world created in this story was so vivid and the characters so real. I think Celie might be one of the best characters I've ever read about. Her life was so horrid and yet there is so much hope throughout the story and the last chapter perfection. My half a star deduction was largely because of when the story changed to Nettie as a narrator. There were times when I lost interest in the story when we switched to Nettie's perspective. Not all the time, sometime Nettie's story intrigued me. But occasionally Nettie lost my interest.

Jamie wrote: "I edited this, because I ended up typing this whole long thing and realized none of it was how I really felt or what I wanted to say. What I want to say is simply this:

I don't think everything Ce..."

I agree completely with what you said. I loved when it talked about how God was the beauty in nature. I"m not a particularly religious person but that definitely resonated with me.

It looks like I'm the exception, but does this book get any better? I'm about 40% in, and I feel like I've missed something.