A review by endlesstbr
Every Time a Rainbow Dies by Rita Williams-Garcia
2.0
As always, I look forward to discussing this with others (I hope I can make it to book club in order to do so).
Thulani's grief and trauma of losing his mother and not being allowed an outlet to grieve had stopped him from venturing out in his teen years until he witnesses a violent act from his rooftop. He then becomes fixated on the girl he saw and felt he had to know her. Throughout the narrative, though, I wanted to know how Ysa was experiencing this story.
Another YA novel where you hope the central characters get to therapy! Because they both carry a lot of trauma that will need working through.
Content Warning: Graphic depiction of SA I was surprised by the opening chapter, especially recognizing that this novel was originally published 20 years ago. I believe Williams-Garcia is fairly well known for not pulling punches, but there was a lot of detail in the physicality of the attack that is incredibly affecting.
Thulani's grief and trauma of losing his mother and not being allowed an outlet to grieve had stopped him from venturing out in his teen years until he witnesses a violent act from his rooftop. He then becomes fixated on the girl he saw and felt he had to know her. Throughout the narrative, though, I wanted to know how Ysa was experiencing this story.
Another YA novel where you hope the central characters get to therapy! Because they both carry a lot of trauma that will need working through.
Content Warning: Graphic depiction of SA I was surprised by the opening chapter, especially recognizing that this novel was originally published 20 years ago. I believe Williams-Garcia is fairly well known for not pulling punches, but there was a lot of detail in the physicality of the attack that is incredibly affecting.