Review: Not my cup of tea, but still a good read!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 9, 2012
The Color of Snow is an interesting story about a girl that has spent the first 16 years of her life isolated from the rest of the world. Books about kidnapping have always intrigued me, but The Color of Snow fell a little flat for me. I think it could have been so much more then it was, and I was a little disappointed with the end result.Sophie's dad has kept her away from the world for entire life. She doesn't fight it, she just thinks that that is the way life is supposed to be. She loves her father, and she knows that he loves her. When I first read the synopsis, I immediately hated her dad, but I came to realize he wasn't that bad. He just carried so much guilt from his past, that he really did think he was protecting Sophie from everything negative in the world. I really felt bad for the guy. The flashbacks scenes, starting from when her father was a teenager ended up being my favorite part of the entire book. I know that the synopsis makes it seem like Sophie has been living in a cage. But the cage on her door locked from the inside. Sophie was the only one with the key. It was for her protection. It was hard to hate someone whose judgment was so clouded from guilt.Sophie was told that she wasn't allowed to interact with the outside world. But when a young Sophie meets brothers, Donny and Damien, she plays with them when her father is at work. Years later, Damien tries to help her escape and the dad catches them and shoots Damien. As more of the secrets and stories come to light, you realize there is a lot more then meets the eye. When police show up in response to the shooting, Sophie is sent to her maternal grandparents, whom she has never met. It is here that she learns that her life was far from normal.While I liked Sophie, I thought her life was very unrealistic. Too many crazy, horrible things have happened. Not just when she was living with her dad, but when she moved in with her grandparents. Could all of these things really happen to one person?There was a hell out of a lot going on in The Color of Snow, and I found myself not being able to follow. The more the author added to the story, the more turned off I became. I contemplated not finishing it, but decided to pull on through anyway.Don't decide to read The Color of Snow because on this review though. Many people seem to really be enjoying it. The plot was suspenseful at times, and I did find myself wanting to know more about the characters and their secrets. The Color of Snow just wasn't the book for me, but I could definitely see it being enjoyed by others.