A review by strangepursuits
The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

3.0

I loved aspects of this book but I also felt incomplete upon finishing, it’s such a tease to end a book just as the main character is coming into her own. I’m glad I’ve spent the last year listening and watching and consuming so much Wagner bc it certainly gave me a deeper appreciation of Thea’s rise through the ranks of major soprano roles. I don’t know, this may be a book that grows on me with further rumination and I may edit up to 4stars. There is so much beauty in how Cather describes music and the artistic journey and the descriptions of nature and how it effects a persons sensibility are wonderful. I guess my hesitation in giving the 4 stars is bc I still feel somewhat distant from the character of Thea but I suppose that just aligns me more with the other characters in the book who feel similarly.