Reviews

Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash

ashtotheley's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This story was so interesting about satanic panic. A lot of people were falsely accused of sexual assault. 

enbyreads's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

polarbear2023's review against another edition

If started off really good but it's too depressing and she's still a child like where's the grown up part 

naomivilla's review

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

catburps's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

inkylabyrinth's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was more bleak than expected, and it was missing some of the dark humor and campness from the first few chapters. Still, I simply could not put it down. Full of intrigue and court room drama, it's more a grim coming-of-age than a thriller for sure.

I wish there was less "and that's when my life was about to get much worse" and more trust that the story was unfolding just fine on its own. But the writing went down ever so smoothly, and I will be keeping my eye on what else Thrash writes.

However, setting your book in the 90s is not an excuse to use the R slur over and over. It was quite unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism

tacomaven's review

Didn’t get into it.

carolinerosereads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

grghdsn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

csell's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.25