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A review by stressedspidergirl
Muted by Tami Charles
4.0
This took me a while to get into the prose novel style. I read a few pages and gave up on it, at first. Then I came back to it, wanting to try again.
It was a lot easier and my brain went along with it. I think it was really worth it.
I don't know a lot about the music industry other than like most industries, it can be really predatory. Muted does a good job of showing what it's like to be trapped in an abusive relationship, with no real way out.
I respect how it's handled, and I respect that the darker aspects of the book are not highlighted the way that some authors would have. It's enough to know certain things happened without dragging out each and every sordid detail of it.
I'm not sure this is a book I would read again, or at least not for a long time, watching Denver's slide downwards, and everything else that happens isn't something I especially want to revisit. But I do think it was worth the time spend reading.
*minor spoilers*
The ending is not a happy one, but I think in other ways justice was still served. I think if the book hadn't had that addition, it wouldn't have gotten much of a rating from me, because bleakness for the point of despair alone just doesn't work for me personally. So while I don't require a happy ending, I prefer when there's some kind of satisfaction. I think the reader gets that from this.
It was a lot easier and my brain went along with it. I think it was really worth it.
I don't know a lot about the music industry other than like most industries, it can be really predatory. Muted does a good job of showing what it's like to be trapped in an abusive relationship, with no real way out.
I respect how it's handled, and I respect that the darker aspects of the book are not highlighted the way that some authors would have. It's enough to know certain things happened without dragging out each and every sordid detail of it.
I'm not sure this is a book I would read again, or at least not for a long time, watching Denver's slide downwards, and everything else that happens isn't something I especially want to revisit. But I do think it was worth the time spend reading.
*minor spoilers*
The ending is not a happy one, but I think in other ways justice was still served. I think if the book hadn't had that addition, it wouldn't have gotten much of a rating from me, because bleakness for the point of despair alone just doesn't work for me personally. So while I don't require a happy ending, I prefer when there's some kind of satisfaction. I think the reader gets that from this.