Review: The Colour of Hope by Ross MacKenzie

Impactful would be the word to describe this novel by Ross Mackenzie, as it is impactful in so many ways. It shows a great range of emotions from grief, denial, and loss, to hope and courage. 

Each chapter is like a story in itself, leaving you on a cliffhanger every time, making it a real page-turner. This book is about a world without colour, and society’s only hope to bring colour back is a little girl named Hope, the only person born in colour.

My favourite passage from this book is when Hope finds out the truth about colour and that it is a wonderful, shining thing. To me, this could mean almost anything, not just in the fictional world that the author chose to present it. This could represent how we view the world from a dark place, from politics to war, but deep down there really is good. Hidden messages like this make for a really good novel. 

Although this book is fictional it has made me appreciate simple things a lot more because it shows you how you could lose everything so quickly. All in all, I think this is the best book I have read in a very long time.

Abbie Nolan, 14