alixcallender 's review for:

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

3.5

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Violence, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Rape, Alcohol