A review by kestrellady
Music of the Ghosts by Vaddey Ratner

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Overall, this was a really lovely book about healing from tragedy and finding home again when so much of your home has been lost and destroyed. The chapters alternate between Teera, who escaped the Khmer Rouge regime as a child and spent most of her life in the U.S., and the Old Musician, who fought for the Khmer Rouge and was eventually swept up in the purges of the regime.
Many of the Old Musicians chapters are flashbacks to the Khmer Rouge regime and the Cambodian Genocide, so please check the content warnings!
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