12.1k reviews for:

All the Colors of the Dark

Chris Whitaker

4.28 AVERAGE

anderskev's review

2.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

shuggie78's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

otroadoquin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brookej246's review

5.0

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Crying my eyes out right now over how tragic and beautiful this book is.

jennslanger's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emilymeuth's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mclerce's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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When I started this novel I expected some sort of detective story, but it was so much more than that. Very beautiful. 

koeeoaddi's review

2.0

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2.5

So glad to be done with this one. I keep stumbling onto glowing reviews that tell me this is character driven masterpiece. I thought the characters were paper thin, unbelievable and dull. The other draw for me to even bother with a book about a serial killer (my most hated genre) was the boast that the story spanned generations, beginning in the 70s. Well, ok, it did, but there was almost nothing, save a thrown-in detail about Jim Croce that anchored it to the 70s. It could have been set in the 90s with almost no editing.

Since I finished it, instead of pitching it, it earned 2 stars. It would have earned 3 if

Spoiler

Grace had turned out to be the serial killer.

Now that would have been innovative, though it wouldn't have compensated for all the pretentious dialog and the writer's tic of having the characters "smile" thousands of times in the 15 hours I spent listening to the thing.

I know this is a beloved book and I'm sorry. I truly tried, but I'm not feeling it. Most of the time I was just bored.

jenndadams's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rala8381's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes