Now in its sixth year, there are times when it might be just as appropriate to describe our group as a Cake Club with Books rather than a Book Club with Cake! This month’s meeting certainly ended with a carefully chosen substantial, multi-layered confection of red, pink, green and blue sponges to complement our consideration of “All the Colours of the Dark” by Chris Whittaker.
This contemporary blockbuster thriller from the US was equally substantial in scale and some readers found themselves full before reaching the final slice. However others were happy to devour this “hyper-real” saga mapping the lives of two engaging characters struggling to recover from childhood trauma and poverty. It was comforting (and quite unusual for our choices) that for once they did manage to achieve a largely happy ending!
A score of 7.1/10 showed that this confection was not to everyone’s tastes but excellent, suspenseful writing was certainly recognised by all.
Three Kings Book Group 