Book: All The Colors of the Dark

Book: All The Colors of the Dark

Author: Chris Whitaker

Pages: 608

This is my 243rd read for the year

What Amazon says:

1975 is a time of change in America.  The Vietnam War is ending.  Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier.  And in a small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.  When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges - Patch, a local boy, who save the girl, and in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake.  Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer.  And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another. 

This was an incredible book.  I had been putting it off because it has been hyped pretty much everywhere and usually those books turn out to be something I don't like.  But not this time.  I found it available at my library and decided to give it a try and glad I did.  It had me hooked right from the begining.  The little mysteries in several chapters force you to keep turning, keep looking for where the story was going, and will propell you through the pages.  This is a monstorous book.  But it doesn't feel like it with the writing style and short chapters.  It covers a large amount of years of the main characters (Patch and Saint) and how they keep finding each other even as their lives take different paths.  I do love long timeline books, so that was a win.  The language is flowery, but it doesn't distract from the story.  Characters are well developed.  Good ending.  Glad I gave in and read this one.

Stars: 5