A review by mora55
It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano
5.0
i rly like anna meriano's writing! it's very conversational and funny and i enjoy the reading experience
in hs i very briefly entertained the clarinet-to-tuba switch (though it was voluntary and we used contras and not sousas) but noped the heck out of there pretty quick (mostly bc i didn’t want to give up my clarinet rank status, i am not as brave as yasmín) and honestly kind of regret it (i want to know how to play brass). yes i get a little snooty when their band experience isn’t Exactly like mine because i loved mine (only one comp? smh) but there are those things like flutes/clarinets having to share cubbies and eating lunch on the floor in the band hall and instrument group stereotypes
bloom and yasmín's relationship was cute and i loved the low brass boys and gilberto. also! friendship breakup treated seriously! and ellen five years removed from this is how we fly! and honestly i rly liked the discussion of different communication styles and just different brain processing (yasmín having trouble processing written word and communicating that way and bloom having auditory processing issues). and we cannot forget the subtle snow white retelling aspect seeded in all the little details which i, retelling-obsessed, enjoyed greatly
in hs i very briefly entertained the clarinet-to-tuba switch (though it was voluntary and we used contras and not sousas) but noped the heck out of there pretty quick (mostly bc i didn’t want to give up my clarinet rank status, i am not as brave as yasmín) and honestly kind of regret it (i want to know how to play brass). yes i get a little snooty when their band experience isn’t Exactly like mine because i loved mine (only one comp? smh) but there are those things like flutes/clarinets having to share cubbies and eating lunch on the floor in the band hall and instrument group stereotypes
bloom and yasmín's relationship was cute and i loved the low brass boys and gilberto. also! friendship breakup treated seriously! and ellen five years removed from this is how we fly! and honestly i rly liked the discussion of different communication styles and just different brain processing (yasmín having trouble processing written word and communicating that way and bloom having auditory processing issues). and we cannot forget the subtle snow white retelling aspect seeded in all the little details which i, retelling-obsessed, enjoyed greatly