A review by sharkyjess
Rainbow Party by Paul Ruditis

1.0

I started reading this book thinking it would be controversial and exciting. I found it neither. The author seemed intent on preaching about the virtues of waiting to lose your virginity until you meet the one you love. This may have been better achieved with more subtlety, rather than with characters that were either bad or squeaky clean and good.

There seemed to be another force-fed message along the lines of oral sex being just as dangerous/wrong as sexual intercourse. I struggle to believe that many teens have such a relaxed attitude to oral sex portrayed by some of the characters i.e. Gin. Likewise that it is as prevalent in the book, which was implied with the number of teens affected by the infection of gonorrhea.

I read this book in one day because I wanted to get it over with. The book deserves two stars rather than one as I had a mild interest in the plot and what would happen at the end.