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A review by lauren_soderberg
Musical Chairs by Amy Poeppel
3.0
3.5 stars
Amy Poeppel's Musical Chairs is a story focused on friendships, family, and love in all its forms. It's filled with many entertaining and complex characters whose threads all manage to tangle with each other (and oft times knit themselves together) in interesting and unpredictable ways.
The showpiece of this book is definitely the friendship between protagonists Bridget and Will, who are literally just best friends, and the exploration of their friendship dynamic is a delight to read. There's no element of the "they've secretly been in love with each other for years" idea, though there's definitely a place for that in other novels. Just not this one. Poeppel provides us with many richly sketched characters, all with their own frenetic energies and unique quirks. The dialogue is rich with humor and wit. And the sweet way that everything kind of comes together in the end makes this a delightful and witty summer read.
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for generously providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Amy Poeppel's Musical Chairs is a story focused on friendships, family, and love in all its forms. It's filled with many entertaining and complex characters whose threads all manage to tangle with each other (and oft times knit themselves together) in interesting and unpredictable ways.
The showpiece of this book is definitely the friendship between protagonists Bridget and Will, who are literally just best friends, and the exploration of their friendship dynamic is a delight to read. There's no element of the "they've secretly been in love with each other for years" idea, though there's definitely a place for that in other novels. Just not this one. Poeppel provides us with many richly sketched characters, all with their own frenetic energies and unique quirks. The dialogue is rich with humor and wit. And the sweet way that everything kind of comes together in the end makes this a delightful and witty summer read.
Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for generously providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.