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A review by vhp
The Music Teacher by Barbara Hall
3.0
Pearl Swine is a violinist, but not a professional in her standing. She works at a music shop with other musicians and teaches children. Her husband left her for a younger student he taught at UCLA.
The characters are interesting, but only on a superficial L.A. level. I'm not sure if this is what the author meant to do. If so she did a superb job. I felt sorry for them as they left me sad they're only living half lives.
The relationship Pearl has with one of her student's struck me as pathetic and not at all as a 40 year old woman should behave. Though the character does mention that. But she doesn't seem to delve into it much or seem to want to correct it.
It was an easy quick read and I liked the honest abruptness of Pearl which is what kept me reading and I liked the areas of intellectualism as well....but, there wasn't much growth of the characters and they felt like empty shells of human beings just going through the motions, to me.
The characters are interesting, but only on a superficial L.A. level. I'm not sure if this is what the author meant to do. If so she did a superb job. I felt sorry for them as they left me sad they're only living half lives.
The relationship Pearl has with one of her student's struck me as pathetic and not at all as a 40 year old woman should behave. Though the character does mention that. But she doesn't seem to delve into it much or seem to want to correct it.
It was an easy quick read and I liked the honest abruptness of Pearl which is what kept me reading and I liked the areas of intellectualism as well....but, there wasn't much growth of the characters and they felt like empty shells of human beings just going through the motions, to me.