A review by sonia_reppe
Perfect Tunes by Emily Gould
4.0
At twenty-two, Laura doesn't have a defined plan for making it as a working musician. For now she writes songs and rooms with her best-friend Callie while waitressing.
I'm a fan of Emily Gould's previous book, Friendship, which profiled the friendship between two single NYC girls. Similarly, Perfect Tunes has a friendship at the core (at least in the first half) that is layered and vibrant. Laura has talent, but lacks confidence and experience; Callie is beautiful and gutsy, and due to her pushing, gets Laura on stage for the first time. Besides their friend dynamic, fate and personal choices shape their lives, including Laura's strong attraction to a musician-boyfriend that brims with angst, and we follow Laura some fifteen years into the future.
My enjoyment dampened a little in the third part when the focus switched to teenager Marie; Callie was hardly in it and I lost some interest. Still, a solid read.
For readers who like character-driven novels with the theme of women struggling to pursue their dreams while being a mother and balancing their life.
I'm a fan of Emily Gould's previous book, Friendship, which profiled the friendship between two single NYC girls. Similarly, Perfect Tunes has a friendship at the core (at least in the first half) that is layered and vibrant. Laura has talent, but lacks confidence and experience; Callie is beautiful and gutsy, and due to her pushing, gets Laura on stage for the first time. Besides their friend dynamic, fate and personal choices shape their lives, including Laura's strong attraction to a musician-boyfriend that brims with angst, and we follow Laura some fifteen years into the future.
My enjoyment dampened a little in the third part when the focus switched to teenager Marie; Callie was hardly in it and I lost some interest. Still, a solid read.
For readers who like character-driven novels with the theme of women struggling to pursue their dreams while being a mother and balancing their life.