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Shotgun Lovesongs
by Nickolas Butler
As a disclaimer - I'm a sucker for books set in Wisconsin (and for that matter Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland) because I was born and partially raised there, and the majority of my family still lives there.
This is the story of a group of high school friends and how their relationships have changed since one of them has become a famous musician. The narrator changed from chapter to chapter which was an effective way to show how the musician's view of his hometown had changed as well as how his friends' impressions of him have changed. It helped to flesh out the characters to both see how they view themselves and how they view each other.
Overall it is difficult to review this book because while it was an ok read, I kept putting it down to start a new book or listen to an audiobook. If it wasn't a first read copy I might have called it quits after a few chapters because it wasn't very engaging. When I first finished it, I gave it 3 stars (a goodreads "I liked it") but now sitting and writing this review I'm changing to 2 stars ("it was ok") because that's what it was - ok.
This is the story of a group of high school friends and how their relationships have changed since one of them has become a famous musician. The narrator changed from chapter to chapter which was an effective way to show how the musician's view of his hometown had changed as well as how his friends' impressions of him have changed. It helped to flesh out the characters to both see how they view themselves and how they view each other.
Overall it is difficult to review this book because while it was an ok read, I kept putting it down to start a new book or listen to an audiobook. If it wasn't a first read copy I might have called it quits after a few chapters because it wasn't very engaging. When I first finished it, I gave it 3 stars (a goodreads "I liked it") but now sitting and writing this review I'm changing to 2 stars ("it was ok") because that's what it was - ok.