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A review by quossie
Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy
4.0
Maestro was pressed insistently on me by a good friend, and although not something I would have picked up for myself, the promise of music winding through the plot alongside gorgeous prose was enough for me to give it a shot.
I'm very glad I did. This book is beautiful. It's confronting at times, and the main character's teenage coming-of-age trials can be grating. Yet something in it still spoke to me. Maybe it's the timeframe in which I read it; a little over a month after my husband's death, the themes of missed chances, what-ifs, and regret at what could have been were always going to ring especially true.
One worth rereading and savoring again for the writing alone.
I'm very glad I did. This book is beautiful. It's confronting at times, and the main character's teenage coming-of-age trials can be grating. Yet something in it still spoke to me. Maybe it's the timeframe in which I read it; a little over a month after my husband's death, the themes of missed chances, what-ifs, and regret at what could have been were always going to ring especially true.
One worth rereading and savoring again for the writing alone.