keejit 's review for:

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

2.5

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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261 chapters is far too many to tell a story of this magnitude. The narrator changes without introducing who is telling the following chapter, and it detracts from the story. Ultimately, this is a slow post-traumatic novel, not the crime thriller /drama it's marketed as. The characters are grey and developed, but I couldn't find them lovable. Ultimately, I was more relieved to have finished this story than have read it.