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A review by anniea89
Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
3.0
Pauvre Lola.
Lola Bensky is the only child of two Holocaust survivors, navigating the murky waters of rock journalism as a young woman in the 1960s. This makes for a compelling and slightly odd narrative which I actually found to be very enjoyable.
My only complaint with the novel is that the dialogue is sometimes too stiff and stilted, making it a little unnatural to be believable. Some of the musicians Lola interviews speak in the same formal one and manner as she does which didn't really make sense to me.
However, perhaps Lily Brett uses the interviews between these real-life rock icons (such as Jagger, Cher and Hendrix) as a way for Lola to explore her parents' past and understand their motives. If that's the case, then the dialogue functions as a sort of stream of consciousness, or Lola's own therapy sessions. After all, she has to come to terms with her own demons and those of her family- who better to talk through these issues than with Mama Cass and Janis Joplin?
Lola Bensky is the only child of two Holocaust survivors, navigating the murky waters of rock journalism as a young woman in the 1960s. This makes for a compelling and slightly odd narrative which I actually found to be very enjoyable.
My only complaint with the novel is that the dialogue is sometimes too stiff and stilted, making it a little unnatural to be believable. Some of the musicians Lola interviews speak in the same formal one and manner as she does which didn't really make sense to me.
However, perhaps Lily Brett uses the interviews between these real-life rock icons (such as Jagger, Cher and Hendrix) as a way for Lola to explore her parents' past and understand their motives. If that's the case, then the dialogue functions as a sort of stream of consciousness, or Lola's own therapy sessions. After all, she has to come to terms with her own demons and those of her family- who better to talk through these issues than with Mama Cass and Janis Joplin?