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Nov 09, 2020
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Kaya_D
Jul 20, 2016Kaya_D rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
There were just too many characters; I forgot who people were after a few chapters and what they were doing. I liked a few of the characters but most of them I didn't want to read about, which made following the plot hard. It wasn't a…
Apr 18, 2016
Picture the Grand Budapest Hotel, throw in a murder-suicide 15 years ago and a statewide music competition for teens and then add a snowstorm on top of that. A fun read that kept me guessing until the end. The teen protagonists should make…
Cynthia_N
May 28, 2015Cynthia_N rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I felt like this book had a lot of potential with the characters. Twin teenagers, Alice and Rabbit Hatmaker. Viola Fabian, an evil sociopath head of the music festival. A music conductor who is missing most of the fingers on one hand. …
Feb 13, 2015quagga rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Racculia's exuberant style, twisty plot and larger-than-life characters kept me entertained and turning pages. It was a bit like a cross between The Grand Budapest Hotel movie crossed with a YA novel.
MedinaReads
Feb 09, 2015
Every year, the Statewide High School music festival convenes at The Bellweather, a past-its-prime hotel in upstate New York​. Mr. Hastings, the concierge, looks forward to the chaotic weekend when the hotel is overrun with talented and…
Beth_Hatch
Dec 10, 2014
Review by Angela Guinther, Carnegie West Branch Manager of Cleveland Public Library "I love novels that take place in a condensed timeframe, in one location, and feature several characters. Mix in comedy, complications, and curious…
Dec 09, 2014Novel_Librarian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A tour-de-force in terms of characters: each one beautifully and completely realized. This is part mystery, part ghost story, part coming of age, and each piece works beautifully towards the whole.