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hendrixpants's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Violence
hanz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Some nice writing (as always from Moreno Garcia!), but I didn't enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed her more recent work.
Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Medical content
hermyknee19's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Sexual assault
elizlizabeth's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It was a good premise but the plot took a very convoluted turn and the singer/song name dropping was exhausting. I don't wanna be too harsh because SMG did grow up as a writer overtime and there are much worse books in this genre but I wouldn't re-read unless I could drag someone along.
Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Alcoholism
theoceanrose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Violence and Death of parent
adancewithbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Over the last few years I've been reading a bit of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's work. And as I have noticed I have quite a bit of a preference for her newer work over her older work. So when I got the e-arc of this rerelease of Signal to Noise (originally released in 2015) I was a bit hesitant going in. I ended up really liking it.
Signal to noise is a combination of nostalgia, music and growing up that weaves the tale of Meche. We meet her as she returns home for the funeral of her father, someone who she has very mixed feelings about. Returning home sets up the rememberance of her time as a 15 year old, when she first discovered the magic of some music with her two friends.
The way the story is build up between the present and the past works well. We see Meche dealing with her grief over her father. A grief she is trying not to have because of what he did. She is working through his stuff and remembering what happened. And it helps to show not everything is as black and white as she thought. Not just her father but the falling out with her friends. Its someting she never really worked through but that she ran from.
It is just a beautiful self-contained story of the mistakes we sometimes make and how to deal with the fall out, even if it has been 20+ years.
Moderate: Grief, Bullying, and Violence
monarchbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Car accident
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Medical content