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Toutes les nuances de la nuit by Chris Whitaker

105 reviews

dark tense 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

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

Things I loved about this book:
- it was gripping to read and I really enjoyed my time with it
- initially I was hesitant because I usually avoid books with child abuse however it was written in a way that didn’t make it overly triggering despite it being very dark 
- Saint was fantastic and I loved her character, as well as Misty and Charlotte - some strong female leads among other loveable characters 
- the ending wrapped things up nicely

Things I didn’t like about this book:
- the ending wrapped things up a bit too nicely. Especially the escape from prison and life as a fugitive. I mean how could so many connections all be at that prison. And how could Patch have painted the house so accurately. And the pirate sail on the sailboat? I just didn’t like any of that.


- this book was long and even though I liked it, it almost felt like 2 books in one
and once patch was arrested, I found myself just wanting it to finish.


- I really didn’t like the authors style. While it was descriptive and beautiful in many ways, there were also large gaps that did all get filled together but made it really difficult to read. 

-There were also a lot of names of characters and it was often hard to follow. In fact it being difficult to follow is my main critic of the book. 

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was so hard to rate. Potentially I’ll go back and read it instead of listening to it. Edoardo Ballerini had a lovely voice; it reminded me of my dad when he used to read to me as a child but this book’s writing style absolutely does NOT work as an audiobook IMO. The plot is so incredibly jumpy and the book so long that halfway through I gave up trying to figure out what was happening and just went along for the ride. Coasting the waves of descriptions without diving deep for meaning. Too bad because I thought the writing in this book was “absolutely and completely” exquisite with a profound sense of place but it could have been 4 hours shorter. Although the beginning sets the reader up for a murder mystery what we get is a long literary trip through decades of multiple character life choices that may or may not be important to the main mystery of the book. 

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

Beautiful prose, but I bit…overdone. I wasn’t sure what exactly I was supposed to care about, so some of the details were lost on me. Chapter endings that were clearly meant to be revelatory and profound often left me feeling a bit confused. Could have used a LOT of editing.

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Didn’t love part of the conclusion but overall liked it. Well written 

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dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious fast-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: Complicated

An excellent book! Very good character development and lots of twists and turns in the plot. The chapters are short and sometimes direction changes quickly. A little hard to follow on audiobook, I think this one is better with the physical copy in hand.

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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