A review by amysutton
The Sound of Music Companion by Laurence Maslon
5.0
The pictures and source materials in this book were awesome. Getting to see studio photos, handwritten lyric drafts, and other pictures of the musical throughout its history was great.
My only critique is that the history at times was organized thematically instead of chronologically. So, there were times when the writers broke off into paragraphs of rambling and connections - most notably the two paragraph discussion of Gwen Stefani in the final chapter, and skipping from discussions of the stage play to Broadway play to the movie within the same paragraph. This is incredibly picky, of course, but it was notable and something that could have used slightly tighter editing.
Overall, this was a really interesting read.
My only critique is that the history at times was organized thematically instead of chronologically. So, there were times when the writers broke off into paragraphs of rambling and connections - most notably the two paragraph discussion of Gwen Stefani in the final chapter, and skipping from discussions of the stage play to Broadway play to the movie within the same paragraph. This is incredibly picky, of course, but it was notable and something that could have used slightly tighter editing.
Overall, this was a really interesting read.