A review by boti
Music for Torching by A.M. Homes

dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

While being a bit outrageous, this book is an interesting entertaining and realistic look at the human experience, and the relationships we form. The characters felt real, especially in moments where they acted on impulse or when we saw how they behaved in private, purely human. Through the characters we see the failure and want to abandon the idea of the American Dream. The marriage between the two main characters is complicated, layered and messy but there is still clear  that they love each other despite everything, just perhaps not in the traditional idea of love, or the way they think they should love each other.