Stolen Innocence vs The Color Purple: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Adult child sexual abuse victims, Abused wives
Stolen Innocence
In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first…
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. The novel has been the frequent target of censors and…
1 film adaptation
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Color Purple is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 8 for Stolen Innocence.
- The Color Purple has the widest readership — 771062 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Stolen Innocence | The Color Purple | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.3 (771062) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (24) | 4.2 (706) |
| Google Books | — | 4.5 (20) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (451) | 4.5 (998) |
Reception
| Stolen Innocence | The Color Purple | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 451 | 771062 |
| Editions | 11 | 107 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 830359 |
| Reading it now | — | 22577 |
| Written reviews | — | 33562 |
| Wikipedia attention | 1794 | 16368 |
| Pages | 443 | 253 |