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A review by lizaroo71
Operatic by Kyo Maclear
3.0
This book drew my eye at the library and so I picked it up.
The story follows Mr. K's music class in a middle school. Our narrator, Charlie, is tasked with the assignment of picking a song that is meaningful to her and explain her connection to it. We get a small study of some genres Mr. K likes (he grew up in the 80's, so I like his music choices) and we get Charlie's growing interesting in Opera, specifically Maria Callas.
The book seems to want to tackle a lot of concerns at this age: identity, fitting in, sexuality. But, none are explored in depth and while I had a lot to look with beautiful sketches, I wanted to know these characters better.
The story follows Mr. K's music class in a middle school. Our narrator, Charlie, is tasked with the assignment of picking a song that is meaningful to her and explain her connection to it. We get a small study of some genres Mr. K likes (he grew up in the 80's, so I like his music choices) and we get Charlie's growing interesting in Opera, specifically Maria Callas.
The book seems to want to tackle a lot of concerns at this age: identity, fitting in, sexuality. But, none are explored in depth and while I had a lot to look with beautiful sketches, I wanted to know these characters better.