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The dragon takes a wife by Walter Dean Myers. Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep. Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan. End of the Race by Dean Hughes. Fox Benwell is an amazing storyteller, and this book and its characters will stay with me for a long while. It has beautiful prose, a moving story, and a mixture of feelings and emotions that are proof and consequence of a book that reaches deep and moves you, that makes you think, wonder. Nov 06, Mimi Thebo rated it it was amazing. We have to write the world we know, not just the world we are.
If every author had to stick to their biographical or biological details, literature would be an impoverished place. That said, when you write another culture, you have to do it well and with great sensitivity, and Fox Benwell does do it well and with great sensitivity. This is an extraordinary book. Benwell takes us on a journey to South Africa and into the experience of Neo, a music-loving teen who discovers she loves another girl. Beautifully written, steeped in atmosphere and with fully-rounded characters, this is one of those rare novels to which I could completely surrender. I loved Neo and her flawed, but believable family, friends and workmates and let myself be completely carried away by the sounds, the smells and the story.
So when the painful bit came, it hurt as badly as any author could want. It has been over a fortnight, and my eyes still fill with tears when I think about it. This is a real, true, beautiful book based on meticulous research that brings the pain of girls in Neo's situation alive for any reader who wants to see.
Sep 16, Nawaal Nackerdien rated it really liked it. Ok, first review so don't judge. I picked up this book because as a queer South African I found it interesting to find a book like this since I literally haven't found a book that's more 'story' with original characters than 'my South African LGBT experience.
Despite this I dived in and I can say I was fairly surprised by the research that done and excuted in the story. There was enou Ok, first review so don't judge. There was enough, let me just say, 'South African atmosphere' that I was missing home I live in America now fiercely and actually listened to some of the good hits mentioned in the book.
The book was a good read and I finished it off in two days. There were some minor occurrences where something's were wrong we don't have ten rand coins, we have notes; we don't work with the American system of grading, we use percentages but there was a lot of effort put in that made things really seem thorough and didn't stop me reading from irritation.
However, I can say that there are some things that could've done it better for me. I would've liked for there to be more clear distinction between the races of the all the characters because although not having the characters being distinguished by race-- if the story is a South African story then there needs to a distinction. South Africa sorry if I keep saying South Africa a lot went through a harsh time period of Apartheid and even though it isn't going on today, everyone is still acutely aware of each others race and I would've liked to have seen this in the book instead of the usual tiptoeing around it that I've seen in other books before.
It also would've been nice to see more modern South African music. It's nice seeing the classics but these are things that we listen to as well. Now, the descriptions are really what got me into the book. The beauty of the descriptions got me craving more and set me down for the story. I wanted to reach into Neo's mind and keep holding on to the golden thoughts she experienced, the things and songs she heard and the rush of emotions she felt. The good story telling and the atmosphere the story set achieved a good read and many homesick feelings from me at times. The entire thing felt very interesting and thought-driven and made me think on my home and how LGBT people were represented there.
Anyways I hope this wasn't too jumbled! Oct 03, Sky rated it liked it Shelves: You can read my full review here - https: Nov 05, Kuzu added it. Have to think about this one I received an electronic ARC of this via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Now, it appears that the synopsis above has changed since I requested the book, potential out of fear of it being a "spoiler," so I really want to mention this as it is a huge trigger warning: This is the practice of men raping queer women to "cure" them by showing them what they're supposed to like.
Even knowing this going on, it still came when I didn't quite expect it. It isn't terribly graphic, but it does not downplay the issue,and ultimately it ends with an uplift.
Frankly, lesser authors would have left the story shortly after the tragedy instead of unpacking it and emphasizing that our community survives and endures. Furthermore, Benwell's author's note is great at explaining the complex situation in South African in regard to LGBTQ rights and attitudes, as well as his own privileges. What's immediately apparent in Kaleidoscope Song is the distinctive detail and voice. I admit to not knowing much about South Africa, so I am unsure how accurate some parts are, but the detail indicates it was well-researched.
This can make it a little confusing and first--Facebook and cassette tapes? Neo's voice--especially her connection to music is also so vivid and beautiful, and particularly poignant to a fellow music-lover and queer girl myself. I loved seeing Neo grow into her own voice or song, as the narrative says as she got her own radio show and grew more confident in her identity. I very much rooted for the romance between Neo and Tale, and a lot of that attests to how well Neo's complex feelings are communicated.
There is palpable tension--not just the sexual tension before they get together, but the fears of being found out. Some of the tension dissipated as Neo successfully sneaked out of her house over and over, but then there were new tensions. I do wish a got a little more of the minor characters in their group, but shout out to Neo's little brother, Jesu, is also so cute and loving and made me cry.
It is also a pretty quick read because the chapters are quite short. Jan 19, Maddie rated it liked it Shelves: I wish I could give this book a higher rating, I really do. I adored all the nuances and the feelings that the music made me feel from this book. The details of how the beats of music thrum through everything and all you have to do is listen was great. I adore music, and this book helped me appreciate everything all the more. Neo was so damned passionate and every podcast and ABCs of music she made was like a fantasy, making me feel apart of something so much bigger than myself.
The romance, and I wish I could give this book a higher rating, I really do. The romance, and the setting of the book in itself was also really great. It was very heartbreaking to hear about Neo and Tale's, well, tale. How even though things appear to be safe and accepted on the surface, there's that danger and fear that lurks under the surface. Neo's longing towards Tale and her song felt so real and powerful and it was beautiful and adorable.
I also adored Tale's band members, Cap especially. I'm so glad that even though things weren't always the best, Tale was able to find a support group from Tam's bar and her friends. And I honestly just wished she could've lived, period. I mean, I knew going into it that the book wasn't going to be all sunshine and rainbows, but. I feel there are different ways the author could've went about it?
I'm not at all saying I could make the book better, god no. When I first picked up the book I had the thought that that horrible scene would've happened earlier on in the book. And I'm honestly glad it mentioned it in the summary itself to prepare myself for it. Anyways, and that perhaps the rest of the book would be Neo trying to cope with being a survivor of corrective rape, the awful thing that happened to her, and Tale helping her through the trauma.
Helping guide her though the steps of dealing with the aftermath, and that maybe they'd fall in love. Even if they hand't by the end of the book, if Neo didn't believe she was ready to be in a relationship by the end of it, at least they would come out of it as friends in solidarity, along with their band friends. I also think it could've been spun an alternative way. That they simple beat up Tale and left her for dead but she lived.
From there, it'd be Neo getting let go from Uzmi, away from Mr. Tale would still try her best to guide her through the trauma and aftermath, as a fellow victim of it in the past as I thought she had been. They'd have Tam's bar and the Storytellers to help them and be there for them, maybe Neo would move into Tale's home, or they'd move location somewhere safer together.
And eventually, they still could've made Kaleidoscope Radio with Janet and co. A shoulder to cry on, a beacon in the dark. Letting them know that someone understands, that they've gone through hardships too. Maybe even Tale and the Storytellers could've guest starred and sang if Tale felt safe and up to it. I feel like it would've been a sorta happy, sorta somber note for the story to end on. I understand that everything can't be sunshine and rainbows of course as I said before, but I don't think it'd truly be.
Neo and Tale are still survivors of a horrible thing that shouldn't happen EVER, Neo no longer lives with her family or has the job she truly wanted. But at the same time it's kind of hopeful. It leaves it in such a way for these characters to move forward together and have a chance at giving people hope for better futures, while at the same time trying to find their own.
It's in a way still kind of the feeling that the original ending gave, just tweaked a bit. I think the book had a lot of potential and great moments, but that the ending left me feeling let down, lacking something- and also with a lot of questions. Sep 23, Melissa rated it it was amazing Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This one gets a trigger warning: There will be spoilers in this review. I cried through the last 70 or so pages of this book. It is a hard read. That said, it is also a beautifully written and evocative book about music and the power of voice and song, set in South Africa.
A book about love that is forbidden and glorious. Neo has been in love with sound since she can remember. She can hear the rhythm and tone in everything, from the cadence of crowds to the swish of brooms and staccato beat of basketballs. Not to mention all of the lullabies sung by mothers putting their little ones to bed to all the songs played on the radio. The author captures the rhythms and beats in Neo's head perfectly with his writing style - sentence fragments and word choices and more. And when her favorite radio station is hosting a show at a local bar, she knows she has to sneak out and experience it.
What she doesn't expect is to be utterly mesmerized by the lead singer of the first band, a girl named Tale. In the past, Venice was three square miles of sustained determination with a singular focus on the common good. The shared values of the inhabitants created a legacy of courage, ingenuity, and dignity. In history, Venetians had enough determination and courage to embrace change: The first thing every Venetian learns is that life cannot be taken for granted.
Life in a Lagoon is forever liquid, we must arrange ourselves on unstable ground, but we do have a structure. Living in the Lagoon constantly reminds us of your roots, and a forgotten history, when Venice was playing a very different part in the world than just being a tourist magnet. Perhaps this is one reason so many people flock to Venice. Life in the Lagoon teaches you to keep your eyes open. Venice as city exists despite, and thanks to, the forces of nature, channeled for hundreds of years of focused work. Dream of Venice in Black and White shows how people live and move around Venice consciously.
While Venetians used to work hard to shape their city, there have never been sharp boundaries between work and private life. So in Venice, there is time for a little break, and gather strength from small surprises you meet on the road. As a child I was asking myself, can we locate the source of this secret strength somewhere in Venice? My grandparents did have an answer to this question. This is where Venetians go, you can see it below in a luminous image which in my opinion, fully captures the secret strengths of Venice. We would like to thank JoAnn Locktov for sending us a copy of her book for review, and for sharing images from her book with us.
Do take a look at the website of Bella Figura Publications , where you can see many more reviews and excerpts of all the Books of the Dream of Venice Family. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Il Redentore All images in this article: Venice, the mermaid blue, emerald-green, Istrian white city. During a thunderstorm in spring, colors are most impressive, when a circle of indigo black and seashell turquoise is surrounding Murano. Abbey Road We need to hone our eyes to find our way around this unfamiliar Venice.
JoAnn Locktov So, accept the invitation to make out the stories behind the images, puzzles of fluid life in town. Elegant Venice JoAnn Locktov succeeded in assembling the pieces of Venetian heritage, capturing by means of artistic images what Venice would like to tell the world, and her visitors, in this carefully selected collection of snippets of moments in life. Lavoro in estinzione In the past, Venice was three square miles of sustained determination with a singular focus on the common good.
Harnessing the Strengths of Raw Life in the Lagoon. Beauty in Moments of Everyday Life.