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Nocturne
by Alyssa Wees
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley for the purpose of this review. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own, and I am writing a voluntary review.
This book has a little bit of phantom of the opera and a little bit beauty and the beast and a little bit hades and persephone, but it still feels very unique.
Wees has a masterful grasp on language and how to use it to make the reader not only feel something but to experience that feeling as they read the words on the page. This is not a long book, but each word is expertly chosen in order to have the most impact possible.
Centered around an aspiring prima ballerina in a Chicago ballet company during the Depression, Nocturne takes dance and music and makes them magical. It imbues these arts with capabilities that they are often talked about with hyperbole, but makes them real. Dance and music are escapes, but the question Nocturne raises is, escapes from what? and what happens when you do break free?
While I think some of the execution in the latter part of the story, particularly the inner workings of the world of Noctem could have used a little more explaining, not knowing the rules is also what makes the story work. Because you don't see the ending until its right upon you, even though you've been looking at it the whole time.
This book has a little bit of phantom of the opera and a little bit beauty and the beast and a little bit hades and persephone, but it still feels very unique.
Wees has a masterful grasp on language and how to use it to make the reader not only feel something but to experience that feeling as they read the words on the page. This is not a long book, but each word is expertly chosen in order to have the most impact possible.
Centered around an aspiring prima ballerina in a Chicago ballet company during the Depression, Nocturne takes dance and music and makes them magical. It imbues these arts with capabilities that they are often talked about with hyperbole, but makes them real. Dance and music are escapes, but the question Nocturne raises is, escapes from what? and what happens when you do break free?
While I think some of the execution in the latter part of the story, particularly the inner workings of the world of Noctem could have used a little more explaining, not knowing the rules is also what makes the story work. Because you don't see the ending until its right upon you, even though you've been looking at it the whole time.