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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
Actually 4.5 stars - loved the book, loved the story, loved the writing.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
Very good book about people, music and the complexities of love and relationships, keeping what we know. I love the community building in this story.
The music shop by Joyce_ Rachel
Story starts out with Frank in England and he runs the vinyl record shop where he has the right answer for all who walk in after talking to them, via a song.
He picks out the exact song that will motivate the person into looking into their troubles and coming up with the right answers.
He meets Elsa from Germany who has disfigured hands as a violinist but she can do miracles in his shop with certain procedures. She becomes pregnant and has to leave to go back to Germany and she tends to her relatives who are ill.
Many years later she returns back to London to find Frank and the only way she can think to do that is awesome. Love how it comes down to help from many others she doesn't know.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Story starts out with Frank in England and he runs the vinyl record shop where he has the right answer for all who walk in after talking to them, via a song.
He picks out the exact song that will motivate the person into looking into their troubles and coming up with the right answers.
He meets Elsa from Germany who has disfigured hands as a violinist but she can do miracles in his shop with certain procedures. She becomes pregnant and has to leave to go back to Germany and she tends to her relatives who are ill.
Many years later she returns back to London to find Frank and the only way she can think to do that is awesome. Love how it comes down to help from many others she doesn't know.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Read this on a cold, rainy London day, even if you're not in London. Read this when you're cold and listening to music you have never listened to before.
3.5 stars! After the heavy ready of Tournament of Books choices, this was a nice light read and as an added bonus about music. Cute story much like her previous novel. I think this would be a great vacation read.
Absolutely loved this. Quirky lovable but damaged characters, and a love affair with vinyl records. The transformative power of the right music at the right moment.
This is a sweet and gentle book, just what I would expect from the author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frye. The Record Shop is in a shabby section of 1980s London, and its owner is determined to hold on to vinyl and not get with the CD times. Frank also has a gift for listening to people and knowing just what song they need to hear, and despite his fear of love or connection, Frank manages to gather a community of people who love him.
The story uses a plot device that’s common in romances that I find irritating (a conversation at a key moment could clear up all misunderstanding and finish the story there, but that moment is missed). But in this book I think it is necessary to the larger story the author is telling. And this really is a book about relationships (and music), not a romance anyway. If you like gentle and slow stories of delightful and quirky characters, you will like this.
The story uses a plot device that’s common in romances that I find irritating (a conversation at a key moment could clear up all misunderstanding and finish the story there, but that moment is missed). But in this book I think it is necessary to the larger story the author is telling. And this really is a book about relationships (and music), not a romance anyway. If you like gentle and slow stories of delightful and quirky characters, you will like this.