A review by claralivesinbooks
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

When I hear that a book is being praised to no end, I go into it thinking it must be good, but sometimes it doesn't meet expectations. This book surpassed them. Every single one of the stories here was magnificent. The author made every day life so interesting that I couldn't stop reading and at the same time I didn't want to finish the book. The audiobook was outstanding too. It has stories that are connected and that happen over the span of 300 years. After the second story, I knew it was going to be 5 stars, by the middle of it, I knew it became a new favourite. I know I will reread this many times.

If you think of every single positive adjective that you can conjure up you won't find one that fits this short story collection, because this is better.