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The Ensemble
by Aja Gabel
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I'm not sure why I was hesitant to like this book. I think it was because I saw the average rating on GoodReads and so I thought it would just be one of those books that I got through, gave it three stars and moved on. For the first time, I weirdly felt pressured to not be crazy about a book. While I wasn't obsessed with this book, I didn't hate it, and in fact, found myself very much invested in the lives of these characters, probably because the narrator of the audio was so amazing.
This book follows a quartet through their life, and while this book isn't fast-paced or full of twists and turns, it's a calming, realistic look at how friendships grow and change, about how your perspective on things change throughout life and it felt so real. I really felt like I knew these characters and I immediately wanted to google and find them playing pieces. The story is told from all four perspectives, but in the third person, and sometimes a chapter from their significant others. I really enjoyed this book, it was a nice calming change from what I normally read, and listened to it in an effort to read more "adult" books, and was quite happy with my decision to do so. Don't go into this book expecting earth-shattering revelations, but it is a nice calming book that I feel like would be great for nighttime reading or on a porch while it rains.
I'm not sure why I was hesitant to like this book. I think it was because I saw the average rating on GoodReads and so I thought it would just be one of those books that I got through, gave it three stars and moved on. For the first time, I weirdly felt pressured to not be crazy about a book. While I wasn't obsessed with this book, I didn't hate it, and in fact, found myself very much invested in the lives of these characters, probably because the narrator of the audio was so amazing.
This book follows a quartet through their life, and while this book isn't fast-paced or full of twists and turns, it's a calming, realistic look at how friendships grow and change, about how your perspective on things change throughout life and it felt so real. I really felt like I knew these characters and I immediately wanted to google and find them playing pieces. The story is told from all four perspectives, but in the third person, and sometimes a chapter from their significant others. I really enjoyed this book, it was a nice calming change from what I normally read, and listened to it in an effort to read more "adult" books, and was quite happy with my decision to do so. Don't go into this book expecting earth-shattering revelations, but it is a nice calming book that I feel like would be great for nighttime reading or on a porch while it rains.