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A review by jessicaesquire
Sight Reading by Daphne Kalotay
3.0
At first I wasn't sure whether to keep reading this book or not. But every time I'd think I'd leave it there would be a passage about music that just rang so true that I had to keep going.
Ultimately, though, I felt that the book was more a collection of beautiful moments or paragraphs and not as much a cohesive whole. The characters as well had moments of utter vividness but often were shadows of characters. And just when you think you've finally got a handle on someone (bitter Hazel or absentminded Nicholas) they do something suddenly different.
I'm not sure people who don't care deeply for music or who have played an instrument will be able to find as much pleasure in this novel, but those who do will likely be swept away often as I was by the beauty with which she describes playing and conducting and composing.
Ultimately, though, I felt that the book was more a collection of beautiful moments or paragraphs and not as much a cohesive whole. The characters as well had moments of utter vividness but often were shadows of characters. And just when you think you've finally got a handle on someone (bitter Hazel or absentminded Nicholas) they do something suddenly different.
I'm not sure people who don't care deeply for music or who have played an instrument will be able to find as much pleasure in this novel, but those who do will likely be swept away often as I was by the beauty with which she describes playing and conducting and composing.