spiderfelt 's review for:

Accordion Eulogies: A Memoir of Music, Migration, and Mexico by Noé Álvarez

2.75

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While I appreciate the premise of the book’s concept, it fell short in the execution. The author failed in the first rule of expository writing: show don’t tell. Most of the book was an extended academic essay in the history of accordion music, instruments and performers. Where the author could have illuminated the reader with stories of his history, instead he repeated the same conclusions over and over without describing or providing examples to illustrate the idea.