A review by librarian235
The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce

5.0

I devoured this book! I had chosen this book for my book discussion group that meets at the bar before having read the book but the description sounded very interesting. I, myself, am a huge vinyl lover. I started my vinyl collection around 2014 and I've amassed over 100 titles so far. I also studied music in school so I was already familiar with a lot of music mentioned in the book. I was hooked from the start! Yes, the music spoke to me but Joyce's characters were developed right from the beginning of the book. I felt connected to each character, similarly to how I felt reading [b:A Man Called Ove|18774964|A Man Called Ove|Fredrik Backman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405259930s/18774964.jpg|21619954] and other [a:Fredrik Backman|6485178|Fredrik Backman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1493098924p2/6485178.jpg] books. This book is hilarious, causing me to laugh out loud several times. I also felt a wide spectrum of emotions in other sections of the book, happy and sad tears being among them. I've already recommended this book to several of my friends who I know love vinyl and music, or are fans of "Ove" and that world. If you love quirky characters and a fun story about the power of music, please do yourself a favor and read this book!! The chapters are nice and short and I promise you won't want to set it down. I would definitely add this book to my list of recent favorites (and I'm very particular about which books I put in this category).