Reviews

Color and Light by Sally Rooney

seristof's review

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.25

rosamaria's review

emotional reflective fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol

laurenkara's review

4.0

sally rooney could publish a phone book and it would still have me in a chokehold the way this woman has me craving human interaction/affection makes me sick !!!!

twiceassunny's review

lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

A gentle read that doesn't ask too much of the reader, yet captivates you, without really giving away too much. I'm excited to dive into Sally Rooney's other works. This was a great introduction, like a scene plucked out of The Great Gatsby. Amazing!

fatpanda's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

mmardybum's review against another edition

when goodreads deletes your books you only have one thing to do, really: reread and add them again.

color and light is delightful, but that shouldnt be a surprise, since its sally rooney were talking about. its also kinda breakfast at tiffany's like.

Spoiler

Aidan realizes, obscurely, that a lot depends now on Pauline’s having enjoyed the fireworks—that if she didn’t enjoy them, if she thought they were boring, not only will he no longer like her but he will no longer have enjoyed them either, in retrospect, and something good will be dead.

also

Spoiler

Now I would say, I am in no situation at all. I feel like my life basically isn’t happening. I think if I dropped dead the only people who would care are the people who would have to cover my shifts. And they wouldn’t even be sad, they’d just be annoyed.

and

Spoiler

Were you listening to me? That’s your first mistake. Everything I say is nonsense.

jrrebecca's review against another edition

2.0

So weird and inconclusive. Just not a fan of this short story

blueweekend's review

mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Everyone wants to know what I’m doing and how long I’m doing it for. I’d like to be really alone for a while and for no one to know where I was or when I was coming back. And maybe I wouldn’t come back at all

I adore Sally Rooney’s storytelling and writing style.

bibliorey's review against another edition

4.0

“A pain in your throat may get worse when you swallow, may be almost unbearably painful when you swallow, but that doesn’t mean that the pain is gone when you’re not swallowing. Yes, life is full of suffering and there’s no way to be free of it.”

Sally Rooney always has a magical way of writing her stories. Every single time. Beautiful, atmospheric, captivating. This woman has charmed me with her words once again.

Color and Light is a short story about Aidan and Pauline, both polar opposites yet also similar to one another. We follow the story of the first time they met leading up to the “now” which is the ending. They’re both lonely despite being surrounded by a lot of people everyday, however, with each other, it felt like they’re not so lonely anymore and that they silently understood each other despite their differences.

This one ended on sort of a cliffhanger and I honestly wanna read more. I want this one to turn into a novel fully, I’d love to see that. I just need to know more about Aidan and Pauline. Declan too. It felt like we’re only getting a part of a longer story (I know it’s a SHORT story okay, I am aware) and that there’s more after the ending and also more before the beginning. SALLY ROONEY CAN KEEP TORTURING ME AND I’D STILL GIVE HER MY MONEY AND SOUL HONESTLY.

I feel like Aidan hasn’t fully warmed up to Pauline yet in this story and that each of their character development could’ve gone more far. Like I said, I need more of this story really. But as always, stunning writing by my queen. Highly recommend everyone give this story a read whenever you have some free time, IT’S REALLY SHORT

hades99's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5