Book Club: True Colors

True Colors

By: Kristin Hannah 

Pages: 544

Read: 1/11/12

"The Grey sisters had only each other when their mother died years ago. Their stern, unyielding father gave them almost no attention. Winona, the oldest, needs her father’s approval most of all. An overweight dreamer, she never felt at home on the sprawling horse ranch that had been in her family for three generations. Aurora, the middle, is the peacemaker. Vivi Ann, the youngest, is the undisputed star of the family. Everything comes easily to Vivi Ann, her father’s love most of all. But when Vivi Ann makes a fateful decision to follow her heart, rather than take the route of a dutiful daughter, events are set in motion that will test the love and loyalties of the Grey sisters. They will be pitted against each other in ways none could have imagined. Secrets will be revealed, and a terrible, shocking crime will shatter both the family and their beloved town. With breathtaking pace and penetrating insight, Kristin Hannah’s True Colors is a novel about sisters, vengeance, jealousy, betrayal—and ultimately, what it truly means to be a family."

{GoodReads}

 True Colors is one of those books that I am not really sure how to review.  I liked the idea behind the story and thought the general plot was really good.  However, the characters really made me angry through about 85% of the book.  Winona becomes more likeable towards the end of the book but I really just wanted to slap her throughout most of it.  Vivi Ann also did some things that really irritated me.  I do like that it was not a hero/villain type of story, it was just very real people.   I guess I would say that this book is decent.  I mean really, it was basically a Lifetime movie with extremely dramatic characters and tragedy.  The idea behind the relationships between the sisters is good and I thought the ending tied things up pretty well, so overall it wasn't bad.   If you are in the mood for something sappy and easy to read, this would be a good book to read. 

I gave this book a 3/5 on my GoodReads.