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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
This book was amazing, heartbreaking, and heartwarming at the same time. I'm honestly looking more forward to seeing the movie because it will have the benefit of actually hearing the music rather than having to imagine it. It just goes to show you that truth can be more fascinating than fiction.
This was a great book. The story is filled with friendship, perseverance, kindness, making tough decisions, and most of all the love of music. The story follows Nathaniel, once a Julliard music student, now a homeless Los Angeles resident and the narrator Steve Lopez, an LA Times writer, and their unlikely friendship and road to music appreciation, rehabilitation, and performance. This is an amazing true story- a must read for music lovers. There were several pieces of music referenced in the book; if only the book came with a soundtrack. The book has some questionable language but overall the story is enjoyable for adult readers.
This one blew me away and is good cause to pause and appreciate one's life. I marveled at the power of music in this book, and am at the same time terrified of the power of the mind that can rob a person of "normalcy." One does wonder about the toll that incredible giftedness takes on a person.
I have not yet seen the movie, but am disturbed that the story has some rather major plot changes. We'll see.
I have not yet seen the movie, but am disturbed that the story has some rather major plot changes. We'll see.
This book is the 2000 "book in common" for Chico State. Very descriptive, but I got tired at the middle of his writing style. It was nice to see what one person can do.
The Soloist was an unexpected delight. Living in the mid-west, I'd not heard of Mr. Lopez's articles about Nathan. While this is not a book I would typically pick up, or better yet "sample" from my kindle, I am so glad that did so. The emotions of the book are palpatable, from Lopez's frustration and hopefullness for his friend to Nathaniel's transcendance into music and spiraling crash into madness. The Soloist is a book that makes you feel from all sides. Highly recommended.
Important & compelling story that sheds light on mental illness.
Lloré en una parte.
Es lo primero que debo decir del libro, lo segundo es que es una excelente historia que sirve como excusa para tratar los temas de las terapias con medicamentos, las etiquetas psicquiátricas y lo difícil que puede llegar a ser estar con una persona con días buenos y días malos. Es tan honesta y simple la forma de narrar de López que es fácil de leer, de hecho, es de esos libros que no sientas pesado seguir leyendo por largos pedazos de tiempo.
Es lo primero que debo decir del libro, lo segundo es que es una excelente historia que sirve como excusa para tratar los temas de las terapias con medicamentos, las etiquetas psicquiátricas y lo difícil que puede llegar a ser estar con una persona con días buenos y días malos. Es tan honesta y simple la forma de narrar de López que es fácil de leer, de hecho, es de esos libros que no sientas pesado seguir leyendo por largos pedazos de tiempo.
One of my favorites. Steve Lopez is amazing and even more entertaining in person.
medium-paced
It was a very sad book where not much got better, but that's to be expected.
Steve Lopez puts his story with Mr. Nathaniel Sayers into words in the most breathtaking way. He captured not only Ayers mental illness but his love for music in a way that did not let one out weigh the other. What started out as a book for school quickly became a pleasure read and one that I would recommend to anyone who is interested in homelessness, LA, music, friendship, or mental illness. This book is also a great one to read if you just like reading.