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don't think this is my kind of book, sadly,
I'm not into romance, and I don't think the one in this book was done well,
It pretty much went like this:
The boy: You're the hottest girl I knowlet's make out in a boat!
Ruby: I think you're hot too! Let's!
Seriously, the protagonist has more chemistry with this black artist chilling in her house that she thinks of as a "big brother".
The boyfriend's a better plot device than character, and the only reason they seem like to like each other in the first place is because they're both attractive yawn,
The main character was bland, and every character was one dimensional: her dad was a wannabe Atticus, her mom was petite, pretty boy was bad, Uncle D was flamboyant, and the black lady who worked at the art gallery was a stereotype with a "guttural" laugh.
The writing itself was too purple prosey for me eyes were literally described as orbs, and despite the story being from Ruby's perspective, she was severely lacking in characterization,
My main problem was that it seemed like it was marketed as a forbidden romance, THIS IS SET DURING APARTHEID! The most intriguing thing would be to have an ACTUALLY forbidden romance between a black/mixed South African and a white South Africanbut maybe it's my fault for reading this with this ultimately in mind.
Jag borde även ha läst denna på orginalspråk men den var bra ändå, Jag gillade verkligen hur författaren blandade in afrikaans, zulu, xhosa med mera för det gav mycket, Språk är makt!
Jag har lite svårt att se på den som en bok för yngre tonåringar med tanke på att det är ett ämne som kan vara svårt att ta in men det är viktigt och boken beskrev det på ett bra sätt utan att det blev radikalt.
Short but, nonetheless, a great book, Not by any means the best book I've ever read yet a fantastic read, Good to curl up with on a rainy day amp just read in one sitting which I did, Amazing. I liked the book but feel that it could have been even better, It ended with too many loose ends for my taste, Ruby Winters is a seventeen year old girl who lives in South Africa and goes to a rich English school, Her mom owns an art gallery with which she
helps to hide wanted black artists, And her dad is a lawyer who helps poor black people who have been treated unfairly, Set in thes in the Apartheid Ruby is always been told all people are equal, But in a community that things black and white should life separate it is hard to hold your feelings back,
This book touched me deeply, It is so amazing how the tension rises with every page I turned, How the inequality is displayed, And how Rubys story is woven into the history off South Africa, The plot is so unique and unpredictable, I had no clue where this book was going and how out of hand it would get, The book is really easy to read and has a fast pace,
When I started reading I had no idea what the book was about and where it would lead to, The beginning is quite childish, I enjoyed it but it felt a bit like a high school novel, There are a lot of scenes about the school and how popular Ruby is, But fast after that you find out her parents hide black artists and protect them from the police, The story developed to an exciting story,
The unique thing about this book is that it is written from not a victim of the racism but from a bystanders perspective, She has a clear point of view though and I totally agree with her, There are a lot of books out there about the victims but this gave something unique, Ruby notices the black servant and the black gardener while everybody just ignores them, That was amazing to read about,
The history in this book is amazing to read about, These Soweto uprisings are woven in Rubys story just incredibly, I loved to see how it would affect the normal citizen like Ruby,
At one point I thought this book would go in the direction of a Romeo and Julia story and that Ruby would fall in love with Juliaan, But that didnt happen, fortunately! Which I found also unique, the story still manages to be so interesting without her falling in love with the discriminated human,
Because Ruby has a fight with the most popular boy at school he is a total jerk! she goes from most popular girl to someone nobody wants to be seen with.
This happens quietly through the book and I think the writer did this so beautiful and natural, that I didnt even notice it until she has only two friends left in school.
Luckily she finds Loretta and Johan!
The scene in the art gallery when the exposition of Julian is about the be revealed was soooo cool, Before the scene started I was like are you seriously letting this go through youre putting everybody at risk including your family! But the development was so amazing! I had to laugh about the stupid police officers after.
The ending felt a little rushed, I liked the little note off the author at the end though, With the information about when the Apartheid has been abolished and how,
I can really recommend this book it is so easy to read, So beautifully displayed and has amazing characters, It opened my eyes that there is still so much injustice and that we can together do something about that,
This is one of the best books I've read in a while and I'd highly recommend it, Its a young adult fictional novel that deals with an historical event, that we don't usually see in YA but it doesn't feel like you're reading a historical book, which is, in my opinion, the way it should be.
The synopsis is a little misleading, because the romance was not, in my mind, the main plot in the novel, There was much more to this book,
This book seems to be relatively unknown, not one of mygoodread friends had read or even added it to their toread shelf! I definitely think this should change.
This novel is set in's South Africa during "Apartheid" I have little to no knowledge of this era, but it was in very simple terms, the segregation of whites and blacks.
There was also extreme tension between two white races the English and the Afrikaner peoples
Ruby Winters our protagonist belong's to the White English and attends a private school.
One of the most popular boys at school is chasing her, she's intelligent, she's popular among her peers and she's a school prefect, At school she appears to be the example of a perfect young adult, but there's much more to Ruby and her family, Her mother and father are both defenders of Black rights,
Her family don't have black servants like everyone else, They have black guests whom they keep secret, Her father is a lawyer, who often represents black people and her mother owns an art gallery that showcases talent from oppressed black individuals, This could get her parents arrested, and so Ruby can never invite her friends home,
When her school's rugby team is playing an Afrikaans school, she befriends a student from the school called Loretta while they both wait for their parents to pick them up.
When she tells her parents about her new friendship they are both against it, and Ruby believes them to be hypocrites, They preach about ending segregation, but at the end of the day, they don't approve of befriending an Afrikaner,
Ruby then falls in love with Loretta's brother, Johann, an Afrikaans boy who disagree's with his father who is extremely racist and a supporter of Hitler and his views on oppressing the black people, but nevertheless it is extremely dangerous for her and her family.
Love was a strong theme in this novel, but not just romance, The love between a parent and a child, The love between friends. The love for a cause,
One thing that makes you think, is the dynamic between Ruby's mother and her child, What should come first, a child or a worthy cause At the start of the story I thought she was a good mother, although she endangered her child through supporting the black artists, but perhaps this was a good lesson to teach However as the story moved on I really felt that she put Ruby's life in too much danger for her art.
A fact that her husband pointed out, Ultimately, SPOILER she did chose her artists over her daughter and husband, and this is something I felt was not acceptable for a mother, Ruby should have come first, END OF SPOILER
Although there are lots of elements in this novel I hope many of us won't be able to relate to us on a personal level, there are many things happening in the novel, including losing friends, feeling alone, falling in love with someone your parents disapprove of, which I imagine a lot of teenagers will relate to.
In this novel we witness many powerful moments, some entirely fictional and others Ruby's view on actual events that occurred in our history, I found this novel deeply moving and powerful, It was well written, although we could have explored some characters more, I felt overall it wasn't needed, as the main plot was enough to keep me interested and attached emotionally to the story.
I haven't gone in to detail on the book because I want you all to go read it, and enjoy the roller coaster! I will say I was surprised at the ending, and I found the last few paragraphs very touching.
The finale sentence was beautiful and may have evoked a tear!
/for a novel I believe everyone should read, Where to start I found this book at the thrift store, without knowing who the author was, but it immediately drawn to me,
And I think I found my favourite book, ever,
The characters where so beautifully written, the story was so heartbreaking and I related so much to Ruby, And it even made me laugh sometimes,
Its also a very quick read, so its perfect if youre in a reading slump!
I recommend this book to everyone, BLM!!!!!! Während mich The Hate U Give mit seinen Beschreibungen der heutigen Zustände wütend gemacht hat, hat es Linzi Glass mit ihrem Buch zustande gebracht, dass ich mehrfach dachte, ich würde demnächst in Tränen ausbrechen.
Und das bei mir, die ich so weit vom Wasser entfernt gebaut bin, dass ich selbiges kaum zu Gesicht bekomme, Ergo, das will etwas bedeuten,
In "Die Farben der Freundschaft" kommen jene zu Wort, die ihr eigenes Leben und dasjenige ihrer Liebsten riskieren, um anderen Menschen zu helfen, Jene, die alles aufgeben, um für das zu kämpfen, was richtig ist,
Zwischen den Erzählzeiten der genannten Bücher liegen ca,Jahre. Wie weit sind wir seither gekommen Set inin South Africa, Ruby Red describes the life ofyearold Ruby Winters, whose parents have no black servants and do not believe in discrimination based on skin color.
This in itself was revolutionary in South Africa reigned by the Apartheid regime, The fact that Rubys mother has an art gallery and is involved with black township artists, giving them a chance to express the injustice done against them, even adds to the fact that Ruby has to hide her family life from everyone she knows.
At school, she behaves like a model student so she can just blend in, but at the same time she has the feeling she has to hide who she really is.
Added to this societal commentary is a love story between English Ruby and Afrikaans Johann, that has to show that Apartheid wasnt the only thing that made life difficult ins South Africa.
Rubys parents for instance would rather tolerate their daughter dating a black man than a white Boer, Equality has its boundaries apparently, even for the broadminded,
Just like a while ago, the cat had to say there was nothing wrong with writing just an OK book, This is one of them, Its OK, though not very memorable, This last element is mainly due to the fact that the characters dont really have a lot of depth besides Ruby, Ruby for example meets a girl who goes to the competing Afrikaans school and develops a friendship with her, However, we dont exactly see the two interact much, The same is true for Johann, her love interest, Ruby Red is an OK book, it proved its point, but the cat wants more, "Ruby Red" was a fun read, It was great to see the difference in how people live regarding their race and how the family treats back people, It was great to see that the family don't believe in having any servants etc, Too sick to even think about a review :', so a review is coming up! Pedestrian read and not interested in racist author who pretends to champion racial equality
Linzi glass is a fraud and a fake
The romance was what ruined this book for me.
I loved the whole plot, the adventurous start and the mysterious way of dragging me in the plotline, I loved Rubys thoughts, but at the same time, thought she lacked in character, Shes beautiful, okay, but thats about it, I dont know anything else about her she has basically no flaws, which makes it a nosewrinkling read,
And dont get me started on how terribly the romance ruined this book, I loved the beauty of this story the way a girl hides from the world, because she mixes with those whore considered below her, Also, the author did a wonderful job of basing this on a true event, and this is one of the few historical books I enjoyed,
The romance, although I cant remember the love interests name, happened way too fast, It wouldve been nice if it were unrequited love or just a friend, I hate how fast it happened and how fast it ended, It had no purpose and I sat through several pages, groaning as Ruby droned on about how it was love at first sight between this boy and herself,
Otherwise, I think this is a great read for historicalfiction lovers, so long as they dont mind slightlysappy and unrealistic romance, .