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A review by manikahemmerixh
Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash
4.0
I had to spend some time thinking about my review for this one. Rainbow Black has a lot of complicated themes and events. I felt very strongly for a lot of the characters, especially young Lacey. I appreciated the honest depiction of a girl who's pretty well adapted (if not a bit misunderstood) to a girl who's basically been completely let down by the system. Her thoughts and actions get more and more inappropriate, but could anyone really expect her to know better?
To me, it got pretty obvious from the narration where the end was heading and that got me thinking a lot about reformation and what it means to face the consequences of something that happened so long ago. I enjoyed reading this book and the way that it made me feel (even if sometimes that was dread or frustration) but I didn't love the last 100 or so pages. I don't think this is the kind of story that requires a pretty ending, but it doesn't really end so much as it's put to an end, and I would have liked something more concrete.
To me, it got pretty obvious from the narration where the end was heading and that got me thinking a lot about reformation and what it means to face the consequences of something that happened so long ago. I enjoyed reading this book and the way that it made me feel (even if sometimes that was dread or frustration) but I didn't love the last 100 or so pages. I don't think this is the kind of story that requires a pretty ending, but it doesn't really end so much as it's put to an end, and I would have liked something more concrete.