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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Percy Marks is a student at Berkeley and meets fellow student, Joe Morrow, in a bar. Joe is a musician just starting to write music and form a band. Percy is music-obsessed, but has no musical talent. However, she is very good at helping Joe make his songs better by reworking lyrics and music. The story follows them while they are in college and a few years past graduation. The evolution of their relationship did remind me a bit of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. However, I’ve seen this compared to Daisy Jones and the Six, and it doesn’t even come close. I enjoyed the relationships in this story, but it’s completely bogged down by all the music references and technical jargon. Also, I was hoping the audiobook might add an element to a book about music, but nope. The lyrics are narrated like the story; and there is no music in the background. Sadly, this book had so much potential, but the execution was lacking.
This is the most torn I’ve been on a rating, part of me loved the music aspect and the drama but I was getting so annoyed at the characters because they just were not communicating well at all
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I hate the term indie sleeze being used in the book and in its promo blurbs. No one who was there at the time uses it.
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was a fun, sweet read — thoroughly enjoyed the little blog parts, though would have loved more character growth. where can i stream caroline's music
Super conflicted on this one--at first I found the music stuff really pretentious...and the central conflict between the main characters felt over dramatic (get on with it already!!!)...but I'm still thinking about it a week later and actually downloaded a playlist of the songs mentioned in the book...It's like a millennials answer to Nick Hornsby's High Fidelity. Percy would both love and and be terrified of walking into Championship Vinyl.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes