The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce

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A free e-book from Penguin First to Read in exchange for an honest review.

The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
Release date: January 2, 2018

Reading this all I could think was, The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin but with music.

Frank owns a music store that only sells vinyl records. He has unique ability to know what song will help the listener, that is, until he meets Ilse Brauchmann aka the mysterious girl in the green pea coat.

This is hugely character driven and therefore the plot is very slow. It is beautifully written though. There is also a Spotify for the book so if you missed out on the musical references you can get more interactive experience that way.

Frank had a uniwue upbringing and all he wants is normal. Ilse also wants a life that she cannot have. This is a story of music, hope, healing, death and love and so much more. This by no means was a bad book but for me it was just okay. I can relate better to The Storied Life of AJ Fikry more since I do not listen to music and do not get the same emotional experience from music as I do books.

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