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A review by laila4343
Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia
4.0
This is one of those books that has been on my TBR for a few years. One of those you read about in a couple of places and say to yourself, "This sounds good!" And then it gets buried under 150 more titles, and you forget about it.
Gin Jenny from the Reading the End podcast wrote about it a few weeks ago on the blog, which reminded me about it. She said that it was The Westing Game for adults, and I was like "SOLD. That's all I need." I promptly ordered it from another branch.
It's indeed Westing Game-esque, in that there's a mystery, a possible death, and lots of characters gathered in one place (the titular Bellweather Hotel.) Racculia even thanks Ellen Raskin in her acknowledgements. But it is also a surprisingly moving coming-of-age story, a sibling story, and a fantastic exploration of the power of music to shape and move us.
In short, it was a hidden gem.
Gin Jenny from the Reading the End podcast wrote about it a few weeks ago on the blog, which reminded me about it. She said that it was The Westing Game for adults, and I was like "SOLD. That's all I need." I promptly ordered it from another branch.
It's indeed Westing Game-esque, in that there's a mystery, a possible death, and lots of characters gathered in one place (the titular Bellweather Hotel.) Racculia even thanks Ellen Raskin in her acknowledgements. But it is also a surprisingly moving coming-of-age story, a sibling story, and a fantastic exploration of the power of music to shape and move us.
In short, it was a hidden gem.