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A review by kristynwithay
The Big Door Prize by M.O. Walsh
1.0
I tried, but I just could not get into this one. Life is too short to read mediocre books with ridiculously long sentences (the ADHD struggle is real).
“It therefore became part of the normal and innocious Deerfield soundscape, where it would be hard to find any place that wasn't generally, almost excruciatingly quiet, unless you counted Getwell's Bar on LSU football Saturdays, or the Straight Pin Bowling Alley whenever they had that eighties cover band for the Fourth of July.” -page 106
“But this new forty-year-old version of Douglas would never cancel a trombone lesson, not only because of what it might mean to his future career, what it might metaphorically suggest about his commitment to the art form if he was already making excuses not to practice, but also because, even though he had a lot on his mind, he actually did want to practice.” -page 107
DNF at 107ish pages.
“It therefore became part of the normal and innocious Deerfield soundscape, where it would be hard to find any place that wasn't generally, almost excruciatingly quiet, unless you counted Getwell's Bar on LSU football Saturdays, or the Straight Pin Bowling Alley whenever they had that eighties cover band for the Fourth of July.” -page 106
“But this new forty-year-old version of Douglas would never cancel a trombone lesson, not only because of what it might mean to his future career, what it might metaphorically suggest about his commitment to the art form if he was already making excuses not to practice, but also because, even though he had a lot on his mind, he actually did want to practice.” -page 107
DNF at 107ish pages.