I read this over 6 or more months. Why? Because I was only reading it in the sauna in Rossland, and that meant that I was only reading it for about 1-3 hours a month. So the beginning of the book is a bit of a faded memory for me. 
 What I liked. The character development that happened through the process of reading of letters. The book is a series of letters mostly written by the main character Celie, though about halfway through the letters become letters from her sister Nettie, as well as more from Celie. 
 The letters from the different authors of them, have a different voice. It is a pretty radically different voice, so maybe more easily pulled off than trying to write letters that are from more subtly different voices. 
 Towards the end, it becomes very poignant for me. 
 The one thing that I guess I'm not sure about is how it was wrapped up so neat and tidy, when the book was full of so much pain and hurt. Was this the best ending for this book?