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Dreaming in Color by Uvile Ximba

4 reviews

kaerene's review

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I honestly thought that this was a memoir with all of the chapters feeling like the main character was retelling and reliving huge moments in her life only to find out that I got it wrong and it is fiction. Which I’m still processing because there are some seriously heavy topics that this book covers in a very real and lived experience way. I’m also not sure what I was expecting out of this book. I went in knowing it was a queer story set in South Africa and was ready to read and learn about what life is like for someone queer in South Africa but oh man, it was just a little too heavy for me. 
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callme_tippy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.75

I liked the beginning of the book but I quickly became confused on the time line and plot. 

There is a lot of back and forth through time in this one and I could not keep up with what was happening at what time. There was also two points of view, but only like twice, which was also confusing. 

I had a hard time with this one, and the constant rape was a bit much, the author was also not reliable. I feel like we were missing a lot of information as the reader which just led to more confusion. If you dislike traumatic rape books, skip this one. 
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internationalreads's review

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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nixreadssometimes's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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