The rainbow Player

The Rainbow Player by David Kerby-Kendall

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I enjoyed this book. I liked the style, the witty repartee among the group of friends. I did find it confusing at times. The author often wrote different speakers in the same paragraph so to me it was the same person continuing to speak. Only context and a re-reading made it clearer. A new line for a new speaker would make it easier. Examining the print version, it seems this is a Kindle problem. Maybe soft line breaks were used instead of a full return character?
Is Thomas the voice of the author? He seemed to embody knowledge and wisdom, perhaps reflecting the author's own wide experience.
One example I liked was, "Basically, there are two categories of human being. Those who define their character by the things they like and those who define their character by the things they hate."
One got drawn into the characters. Even I felt tearful when Sam got the bad news at the bookstall, or rather where the bookstall should have been.
I wonder what motivated one particular character. Self-loathing? Quite common among homophobes of course. Maybe a little bit of wishful thinking in the way another relationship resolved itself.
It would have been nice to know that the six morons were convicted under joint enterprise of attempted murder and that they all got life sentences.
I commented to the author (we follow each other) that I wished I could have met Sam. He replied he would love to have met him for real too!




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