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All the colours of the dark by Chris Whitaker
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Jul 15, 2024 02:48PM

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No worries. I would say I am 60% into this one, but no rush. I want to keep reading it, but will need to pause it for today at least as I have some books from the library that I need to get too.






Also reading about him trying to paint her and then travelling the country basically in search for her but in the process helping other families remember their missing daughters...heartbreaking :'(
Where it should have been Patch?
I do admire Saint to be honest...just her determination.


it should've been Patch who Saint should've married :( I used to root for Jimmy, but seeing the kind of husband he is, I feel like Saint deserves better.


I felt the same way about Saint marrying Jimmy. At first I thought he was ok, not the perfect choice but maybe and then he turned into a terrible husband. I just don't think he was at her level ever. I really feel for Saint as she still loves Patch. Unfortunately after what the ordeal that he went through, Patch is following a different path I guess. What did you think about him and Misty?

POTENTIAL SPOILER COURTNEY!!
yes, I just read where she had an abortion and Jimmy beat her :'( literally felt so gut wrenching to listen to that! it's 6 years after Patch was released from jail, I'm so sad for him and Saint still. I wish they would get together :'( I love Norma! she's so cute, always offering to take them out for ice cream :'). I didn't really like Misty for him, it definitely felt like she was only there to settle her debts honestly. I liked that Patch got to save her again! and that they had their little moment together.

Oh my God, I know...I had a feeling he was going to be a total bastard about it also because of how religious he was. She is free of him now, but it was a high price to pay.
I felt sad when she had to take Patch in, but she was doing what she believed was right.
I like Norma too though she kind of pushed Jimmy forward to Saint. I understood her reasoning. She believed he was a good person and she didn't want for Saint to keep waiting for Patch.
Yeah, I didn't care that much for Misty. In a way I felt like she was a spoiled rich kid though she did improve later on.

yeah she definitely pushed Jimmy on her! Even knowing that Saint didn't love him. I just realized what she told Saint when they first got married - "he'll be good to you, I promise" 😭
I'm at the part where Patch met his daughter!! I'm so shocked!! Although I am liking misty more now than when she was younger! But I'm still sad for Saint :'( she loves patch so much :'(

I know Norma wanted her to be happy and not wait forever for Patch but she was so wrong. I hated Jimmy.
I wasn't expecting the daughter for sure. But I did like Misty better and I think she had the right approach about introducing Patch to his daughter, wanting to make sure he stuck around in a way. Ultimately sad about Misty even if I didn't like her for Patch :'(((

yeah I agree! I love Charlotte though!! I got to the part where Patch killed Jimmy!!! what the heck?! my mouth literally dropped open! ugghhhh I'm so sad for him! but I loved the way he sees Saint, as the best person he knows who is selfless, and only gives, never takes :'(

I wasn't too sure about Charlotte to start with to be honest, but she did grow on me. She is definitely fierce lol.
I was not expecting Patch killing Jimmy at all, he just snapped I guess when he realised who he was. Was it a single punch? Now I have to go back and read it. In my head it was more that that. Maybe it was just a punch and he seriously cracked his head when hitting the floor.

yeah, that's exactly what happened! he punched and Jimmy fell and hit his head on a rock :/ but OMG he found her!!! she was that man's father the whole time?! I never would've seen that coming! it makes sense now how she would have been able to disappear!

Oh yes, I remembered then, don't know why it was something else in my head to start with. It was really extremely bad luck. I know....he did, I was beginning to lose hope lol. But yes, it makes sense that he was her father and he kept her around to basically help lure girls. Horrendous.

Also I felt so sad about the doctor and chief Nix...that they couldn't be back together :'((. Sure he made a mistake and that poor girl died, but he ultimately was helping her and others.

yes I'm so heartbroken for them! i wish the chief was able to stay, I was so conflicted seeing that he had killed that one man. I love that the doctor would rather die in prison than to tell anyone about what he was doing for the girls :'( anything to keep their secret :'(. and I can't believe that Saint ended up having the baby, and giving him up for adoption! I'm so sad :'(
them finding patch on a sail boat with a flag that had a skull and crossbones almost made me cry!!!

People who abuse children, especially their own, are a whole new level of evil. I know the chief took the matter into his own hands, but I do understand it. He also probably thought with the doctor dying, there was no point in him carrying on I guess. Sad that the doctor got out too late for them to be together.
I understood why she gave up the baby...she didn't want Jimmy being the father and she didn't think herself in the right space to raise him. It did look like he had a loving family and I'm holding on to hope that he will decide to know her.
I did like the ending...I felt like it was hopeful.
I almost teared up a few times in the book but didn't actually cry.
I remember when I read his other book, We begin at the end, I properly sobbed lol

yes, I agree! I'm happy he took the matter in his own hands, but I didn't understand why at the time and while I wanted to trust the chief, I was scared he would end up on the wrong side of it! i was thinking it was going to be that the chief was in on it the whole time!
it was a very hopeful ending!! omg I'm gonna have to read that one too! :')

I know, I was the same, confused at the time, but I refused to believe he was in on it...it seemed a bit too much. Though I have to say I did suspect the doc had something to do with it and he didn't in the end.
I felt so too.
Haha, I would definitely recommend it ;)