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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
I can't give them all 5 stars, even though I really liked this book. The back cover says something like, "If you loved High Fidelity, you'll love this book" - and I think that ended up being accurate. It probably helped that I could identify with the time period - 1988 - the year I graduated college. I could easily see this book being made into a movie and I would definitely go see it. I really want to know what all the characters look like. Maybe Colin Firth could be Frank and Rachel Weisz could be Ilse. I would have said Bill Nighy is the perfect Frank, but he might be a bit too old for the part. Maybe they all are. Stephen Merchant would definitely be Kit. Janeane Garofalo would be a good Maud - if she can do a British accent. No, maybe Alex Borstein. Oh well, it was a really good book.
Read this for bookclub and it was a fun read with lots of wonderful musical references. I don't love books where people are apart for a long time because of a miscommunication or some other reason. But, I do like how the author resolved this at the end.
Delightful premise, and a model of music appreciation! An engaging tale, poignant and affirmative, celebrating the complexity and the richness of humanity at a level of 'ordinary' people who are, of course, anything but.
A warm and sweet story for readers who love an underdog story, romance, music of course, and flawed characters with problems. Lots of emotions along the way, and finally a satisfying conclusion.
Thank you, Rachel Joyce. Another novel featuring flawed but recognizably human characters drawn to one another by geography or sensibilities or love. Lifts my spirits.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Recommended & gifted by Tracy. A good one but not a great one for me. Excited to spend time with the playlist tho!!
This deserves five stars for the writing about music alone. Then the characters...... While I don't normally like this type of book ..... I'll make an exception. ( Look up the 🐧 Spotify playlist while you're listening)
Having heard great things about this book and also being a music lover, I was very excited for this book. The first few chapters gave me High Fidelity vibes, but then those vibes were gone and there was a lot of writing with not a whole lot of action. The story was cute in the end, but it didn't blow me away.
From the author of the Unlikely Pilgramage of Harold Fry comes another utterly charming story that needs a vinyl soundtrack. It gets four stars for all the feels.