madamelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
This came in my Once Upon a Book Club box I received as a Christmas gift. I doubt it would have been a book I would have chosen, but I’m glad I read it. It’s a story of lost and found love, music, and poetry, and how all of those can touch lives everywhere.
temporaryhouseplant's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
booklover28's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lianareadsblog's review
4.0
3.5 stars
A story full of true love and how that love makes its way through a love song in the hearts of so many other couples.
This story is not a happily ever after but a beautifully written novel, with whimsical lyrics and it gets me thinking of so many other well romances. The true love and grief go hand in hand for half of the book as Arie learns how to live again without Diana.
There are way too many characters to keep up to for my liking and maybe because i was expecting a happily ever after story, i got a bit disappointed and hence the lower star rating.
A book that many romantics will enjoy, but unfortunately not a favourite for me.
A story full of true love and how that love makes its way through a love song in the hearts of so many other couples.
This story is not a happily ever after but a beautifully written novel, with whimsical lyrics and it gets me thinking of so many other well romances. The true love and grief go hand in hand for half of the book as Arie learns how to live again without Diana.
There are way too many characters to keep up to for my liking and maybe because i was expecting a happily ever after story, i got a bit disappointed and hence the lower star rating.
A book that many romantics will enjoy, but unfortunately not a favourite for me.
bibliobliss_au's review against another edition
5.0
If you’re unfamiliar with The Lost Love Song and love beautiful stories that give you all the feels, then this is a must read!
This is truly great Aussie fiction and I feel like it might not be as well known as it deserves to be.
The Lost Love Song broke my heart multiple times. I didn’t expect the direction this story would take when I began and I won’t say much about the plot except to say this is a story about different types of love, about what it is to gain and lose love, about music’s ability to connect us, share stories and bridge time and geography.
Minnie Darke is clearly a talented writer and there were moments that the text had me breathless. I loved the subtlety and the emotion in her words. This book took me by surprise and I’m so glad I made the decision to pick it up off my shelf.
This was a 5-star read for me and I hope to read Minnie Darke’s Star-Crossed very, very soon!
This is truly great Aussie fiction and I feel like it might not be as well known as it deserves to be.
The Lost Love Song broke my heart multiple times. I didn’t expect the direction this story would take when I began and I won’t say much about the plot except to say this is a story about different types of love, about what it is to gain and lose love, about music’s ability to connect us, share stories and bridge time and geography.
Minnie Darke is clearly a talented writer and there were moments that the text had me breathless. I loved the subtlety and the emotion in her words. This book took me by surprise and I’m so glad I made the decision to pick it up off my shelf.
This was a 5-star read for me and I hope to read Minnie Darke’s Star-Crossed very, very soon!
ashleyaewert's review against another edition
5.0
Darke pulls at all the heartstrings in this heartbreaking, yet heartwarming novel. Her ability to intertwine the stories of love between so many different characters through a single song was nothing short of brillance. I loved every moment of the book....I want to know what happens next with Arie and Evie and where the lost love song finds itself next!
cmapilado's review against another edition
4.0
It had a bit of a slow start. But once you get a bit of the ways in the story starts taking some great strides and I couldn't put it down. If you enjoy a story of connections and degrees of separation this is definitely a story for you.
taylorrose's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
cnsnape's review
5.0
I'm not crying, I'm not. It's just rain in my eyes. Inside. On a sunny day. Okay, I'm crying.
This was a beautiful love story, held together by music, in particular, one piece of music composed by talented pianist Diana Clare, trying to tell her fiance Arie how she truly feels; because she can't find the words, she uses music instead. And so begins the journey of the lost love song because when tragedy strikes, Arie never gets to hear the finished piece.
As the song flits around from place to place, and character to character, it is heard by Evie, a drifter and poet looking for her own happy ending. She crosses paths with Arie, neither of them knowing the song composed by his first love would lead to his second. It also bounces in between other couples and families, touching them all as love songs and love itself do.
The characters in this book were all engaging although at first, I struggled to keep up with them all. Some were integral to the plot and storyline, others were 'interludes', brief flirtations with the song, helping it on its way home. The only downside was the couple who made the song public were my least favourite and therefore I resented them for having the fame the song brought them. I wanted the song back with the man it was meant for, but maybe this was intentional, that he never needed the song after all. I adored Arie from the moment we meet him, I can't recall if he was described as a spectacle wearer or not but my image throughout the book was that of Milo Thatch from Disney's Atlantis movie. Just an adorable geek, shy and unsure around people but people were drawn to like him.
All in all, I loved this book. It was one of those that kept me reading until the early hours, way past a healthy hour but I couldn't wait to find out what happened next, only to be sad to see the story end because I wanted so much more, despite the happy ending.
This was a beautiful love story, held together by music, in particular, one piece of music composed by talented pianist Diana Clare, trying to tell her fiance Arie how she truly feels; because she can't find the words, she uses music instead. And so begins the journey of the lost love song because when tragedy strikes, Arie never gets to hear the finished piece.
As the song flits around from place to place, and character to character, it is heard by Evie, a drifter and poet looking for her own happy ending. She crosses paths with Arie, neither of them knowing the song composed by his first love would lead to his second. It also bounces in between other couples and families, touching them all as love songs and love itself do.
The characters in this book were all engaging although at first, I struggled to keep up with them all. Some were integral to the plot and storyline, others were 'interludes', brief flirtations with the song, helping it on its way home. The only downside was the couple who made the song public were my least favourite and therefore I resented them for having the fame the song brought them. I wanted the song back with the man it was meant for, but maybe this was intentional, that he never needed the song after all. I adored Arie from the moment we meet him, I can't recall if he was described as a spectacle wearer or not but my image throughout the book was that of Milo Thatch from Disney's Atlantis movie. Just an adorable geek, shy and unsure around people but people were drawn to like him.
All in all, I loved this book. It was one of those that kept me reading until the early hours, way past a healthy hour but I couldn't wait to find out what happened next, only to be sad to see the story end because I wanted so much more, despite the happy ending.
torydoughty's review
3.0
I was pleasantly surprised by this book, as any story with a focus on romance does not typically find itself in my hands. Read this one with my book club, and my favorite part of the novel was the Interlude woven throughout. Darke wrote a beautiful sub-story there that I actually found more interesting than the story with the main characters.