Did ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK live up to the hype?

This episode’s pick: ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK - a million-copy bestseller, this sweeping novel follows childhood best friends Patch and Saint, torn apart when Patch is abducted. Trapped in darkness, Patch forms an intense connection with a girl he never sees, and when they escape, she vanishes. As Patch spends years searching for her, Saint is determined to uncover the truth of what happened. A powerful story of love, obsession, and the cost of finding answers.

In this episode, we cover:

Weird twists and character decisions

Themes of friendship, love, women’s rights

Stories that take place across decades

Sexual love vs friendship

Chris’s intricate plotting

💋 And, of course, we rate it: Kiss, Kill, or Marry?

⏰ Timestamps

. 00 – Welcome to Episode 21!!

1.00– Rach goes on tour and Anthea hits the bottle.

4.50 – Blurb time, so you can pretend you’ve read it at parties.

6.40 – Chris Whitaker – Here’s his bio – he sounds hot.

9.22 – Do we Kiss, Kill or Marry?

10.45 – Jimmy – What a dick. (note to self – do not marry).

12.10 – Plot timeline – long, but in a good way.

13.11 – What a great cast of characters.

16.11 – Does Patch throw his life away? Discuss.

16.54 – Patch and Grace 4 EVA.

18.05 – A secret love story.

20.00 – Just how did Chris write this thing?

20.43 – Did Patch care too much? The search for Grace.

21.43 – Facing execution is pretty noble…I guess?

25.16 – Rachael starts blubbing..!

27.39 – What are we reading next? Ohhh… really!? WOW! I’ll defo listen in to the next episode!

📖 Coming up next:

👉Next Ep we’re chatting to Dervla McTiernan about In The Woods by Tana French. Then comes Persuasian by Queen Jane Austen, followed by A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman with author Sally Hepworth

In January we will answer our own regular reading questions for the first episode and the second episode we’ll discus Circe by Madeline Miller with Virtually Annie - can’t wait!

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