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A review by _camk_
Struts & Frets by Jon Skovron
4.0
Read the review also at Book Filled Blog.
The first thing to be said about Struts & Frets is that the cover and inside are AMAZING. It looks so cool outside and inside!
Sammy, seventeen, wants to be a musician. Not a rock star, even though some times, he lets the daydreams excel that far. No, he wants to be a musician, to play music because he enjoys not for super fame and fortune. Yet, he also has to worry about family and daily life due to uncooperative band mates, his friends and as well as girl problems with his friends and of course, family, where his mother believes music, will be a good hobby for him while in college studying math or science.
The reason I enjoyed Struts & Frets so much is because it is a completely authentic story. While reading it, I was reminded how alike my friends and I were to Sammy and his friends when we were seventeen. My friends lived and breathed music especially one of them who, if I showed him this book, would recognize each of the jazz musicians brought up! So, naturally, a lot of the music choices in the book were familiar to me as well as being enjoyable to me, especially The Pixies.
Struts & Frets shows the dilemma that can happen between very close male and female friends. You know when someone tells you that someone else really likes you and then you get really awkward and do not know how to act around that said person. It happens a lot! Skovron creatively and beautifully writes about figuring out your feelings and worries about first likes and loves.
Skovron writes about how passion can drive your life. How, even though it will not be easy, to not give up on friends or family or dreams and how, to always do what makes you happy. The book conveys a great message of hope, friendship, family and the willingness not give up on your dreams.
The first thing to be said about Struts & Frets is that the cover and inside are AMAZING. It looks so cool outside and inside!
Sammy, seventeen, wants to be a musician. Not a rock star, even though some times, he lets the daydreams excel that far. No, he wants to be a musician, to play music because he enjoys not for super fame and fortune. Yet, he also has to worry about family and daily life due to uncooperative band mates, his friends and as well as girl problems with his friends and of course, family, where his mother believes music, will be a good hobby for him while in college studying math or science.
The reason I enjoyed Struts & Frets so much is because it is a completely authentic story. While reading it, I was reminded how alike my friends and I were to Sammy and his friends when we were seventeen. My friends lived and breathed music especially one of them who, if I showed him this book, would recognize each of the jazz musicians brought up! So, naturally, a lot of the music choices in the book were familiar to me as well as being enjoyable to me, especially The Pixies.
Struts & Frets shows the dilemma that can happen between very close male and female friends. You know when someone tells you that someone else really likes you and then you get really awkward and do not know how to act around that said person. It happens a lot! Skovron creatively and beautifully writes about figuring out your feelings and worries about first likes and loves.
Skovron writes about how passion can drive your life. How, even though it will not be easy, to not give up on friends or family or dreams and how, to always do what makes you happy. The book conveys a great message of hope, friendship, family and the willingness not give up on your dreams.