4.07 AVERAGE


Highly recommend
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4.5 stars. Jan 2023 MMD Book Club pick. Fast-paced and so well written, I thoroughly enjoyed this debut from Brendan Slocumb. Highly recommended…will especially appeal to those with music interests and backgrounds. Looking forward to his next release in April 2023.
challenging emotional informative inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Plot - 1
Themes - 1
Writing - 1
Characters - 1
Impact - .75

Loved all the musical references in this book and appreciated the perspective of someone of color coming to the (mostly white) classical music scene. The mystery was pretty good, and the story was engaging. I would recommend it.

3.75