‘The Color Purple’ is the tale of two sisters, abused and separated at birth, overcoming the patriarchal systems that they have been forced into. It’s a story of female liberation, self-discovery and free love told in a unique epistolary fashion of a series of letters written from Cellie to God, and then later to her estranged sister Nettie. I enjoyed the format as something I hadn’t really engaged with before but regarding the plot in some places it was hard to follow; especially in the early two thirds. Once we were provided Nettie’s story I got the hang of it but this newfound ability to follow what was happening occurred extremely late. I did also feel self-improvement and all being well in the world was in a little too neat a bow in the end, but it was wholesome.