A review by rpweber15
The Musician by Heloísa Prieto

4.0

Thank you to #NetGalley for the e-ARC of #TheMusician. I was concerned when I began this book that there were too many (seemingly) unrelated characters and that with the chapters so short, I wouldn't really get to know them very well. While that is still somewhat true, the book did come together in the end in a beautiful way. Prieto's prose is lovely, especially when describing the Guarani people (indigenous to to South America) and culture; it is with these characters that the book really shines. In contrast, the other characters seem a little flat and their dialogue a bit stilted. I can't tell if that's a result of the translation (which I believe the author did) or if they were meant to be written that way. The "villains" of the book were unsettling and scary, in the way that cults usually are. The magical realism in this book is lovely, but I wanted more. This was an easy, short read that I definitely recommend to others. Just know that by the end of the book, you'll be disappointed you didn't spend more time with the forest dwellers.