A review by wends_nblw
The Color of Pain by E.G. Rose

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 I'm so excited since this is my first ever ARC, and I will say : I'm not disappointed! 

Although there are quite a bit of spelling, grammar, and sentence structure mistakes, I didn't really mind it. The writing at the beginning was hard to get into, but the way E.G. Rose describes scenes is so beautiful. It really helps with imagining the scenarios. As well, I found the characters to actually be quite compelling. Raymond as a main character is extremely sympathetic and I became attached to his character very quickly. Even some of the side characters became amusing in certain scenes. I even found the ending to be satisfying, which isn't very common in my case. 

Aside from the editing it needs, I'm not quite sure I would consider this horror. One review (on Netgalley LOL) mentioned it's all shock value from the idea of the characters being orphaned children, but I found it to be much more of a maybe.. mystery thriller? But I might not be super qualified, as I usually read extreme horror so take that with a grain of salt. All in all, I'm a happy reader and hope to see this author improve with time!

I will say, I found some of the commentary to be weird. Like when Ray mentions that the new girl is black, but then corrects himself by saying "person of color" and then goes on a weird tangent about how he thinks everyone is a person of color?

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with this ARC <33 
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