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Mix Tape
by Jane Sanderson
Set in both the '70s and present-day, Mix Tape tells the story of Alison and Dan and their relationship. s
As teenagers in Sheffield, both bond over their mutual love of music. When Alison lives through a traumatic experience she up and leaves to Australia, crushing Daniel. 30 years later, now living different lives with different people, they find each other again via Twitter and begin to reconnect through the form of music.
This book should have been right up my street but unfortunately, I struggled to get into this. I just couldn't engage with either Alison or Dan. Maybe the concept was too nuanced for me that it went over my head but I couldn't wrap my head around the thought of upsetting your established life and relationships over a relationship that took place 30 years ago.
I can't fault the book itself, it's well written with fully fleshed characters. It also doesn't shy away for difficult themes and handles them sensitively and with grace.
I wish that I could say I enjoyed this book but I did keep looking at how much I had left to read which isn't particularly a great sign.
I would give 3/5 stars since I thought it was very well written but I just couldn't engage with the plot.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
As teenagers in Sheffield, both bond over their mutual love of music. When Alison lives through a traumatic experience she up and leaves to Australia, crushing Daniel. 30 years later, now living different lives with different people, they find each other again via Twitter and begin to reconnect through the form of music.
This book should have been right up my street but unfortunately, I struggled to get into this. I just couldn't engage with either Alison or Dan. Maybe the concept was too nuanced for me that it went over my head but I couldn't wrap my head around the thought of upsetting your established life and relationships over a relationship that took place 30 years ago.
I can't fault the book itself, it's well written with fully fleshed characters. It also doesn't shy away for difficult themes and handles them sensitively and with grace.
I wish that I could say I enjoyed this book but I did keep looking at how much I had left to read which isn't particularly a great sign.
I would give 3/5 stars since I thought it was very well written but I just couldn't engage with the plot.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.