pickIt‘s a tale of two #tob23 #tobshortlist books! I think I am in the minority with really liking the tagged book that follows a motley bunch of refugees that all become part of a WWII-era movie production company. It lacked focus, but the language was lovely (sometimes slightly overly constructed) and the story(ies) were poignant. BUT am I am really struggling with the next tob shortlist on my list, The Violin Conspiracy!
Larkken Am I right in thinking most of y‘all #tobcrew really liked this one? I‘m trying to decide if tob is reason enough to keep slogging. Or if the fact I wasn‘t excited about it to start with is spilling into my enjoyment while reading?![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Violin Conspiracy 1y
The Violin ConspiracyRuthiella I read it last year but didn‘t post about it. I thought it was an okay book Like you, I enjoyed his descriptions about playing and interpreting music. But if you are finding it a slog, I wouldn‘t say it “gets better”. It‘s more of the same. 1y
Readerann “lacking focus and sometimes overly constructed” says it perfectly! I still ended up liking it a lot because I found the characters fascinating. 14mo
Larkken @Readerann agreed, the characters were all so interesting I almost wanted the author to break the book up more formally into individual stories to give each character more of an arc! 14mo
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