08/24/2026
Completed ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK by CHRIS WHITAKER.
BOOK📚BLURB (FROM BOOK):
1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of M***a Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.
When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves 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.
A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.
MY BOOK POV🐦:
Before I began reading this book, I read over some of the reviews...mainly the one- & two-star reviews and some of the four and five star to see if I really wanted to invest some time in this book. I read negative reviews about the length of this book being ALMOST 600 pages, not a thriller, the writing, slow story, religious overtones, and characters that failed to move them emotionally.
SUUM CUIQUE-"To each his own", which is why I will not "review" books but tell what I liked about it more than what I did not like. I allow book friends to make up their own minds on what to read.
The book was a thick one and a bit lengthy at 592 pages and divided up into 261 small to tiny chapters with good size font which made it easier to read through quickly. It is a thriller suspense due to the content of missing persons, killings and trying to find out who the serial killer is while they search and find the missing dead or not? A few references to 'scripture'...but nothing religious and the characters, you hope they all find or get what they've been searching for, for so long. All with a touch of a love story you hope ends well between friendships.
Despite the topic of murder and missing girls, I enjoyed reading the story. It's a smooth read that's hard to put down. You won't put down this book until you find out what happens to our main protagonist's Patch and Saint. Best friends who live in the smalltown of M***a Clare, Missouri where girls are being abducted and killed.
Patch runs into the abductor as he is taking a girl named Misty and saves her from being taken. However, in the process of saving her, he is taken instead and thrown into a completely dark place where he discovers he is not alone. Some years pass and his friend Saint is always searching for her best friend Patch and the missing girls.
Good book if you're a fan of Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Romance.
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