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The marketing comparison of The Bells to Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is misleading and appropriate at the same time.
The Bells, like Perfume, is an adventure story, but of a far different nature. The characters that helped or hindered the hero’s progress were fun to get to know. I feel that books could be produced about their adventures as well. Like what Anne Rice did with all of the vampire characters.
Speaking of Anne Rice; the comparison should have paralleled Cry to Heaven.
The Bells did ...more
The Bells, like Perfume, is an adventure story, but of a far different nature. The characters that helped or hindered the hero’s progress were fun to get to know. I feel that books could be produced about their adventures as well. Like what Anne Rice did with all of the vampire characters.
Speaking of Anne Rice; the comparison should have paralleled Cry to Heaven.
The Bells did ...more
I really enjoyed this book, start to finish. Part character drama, part love story, part historical fiction, this is the story of Moses Froben, a "castrato" or "musico".
One review on the front cover says that this book is a "story to tickle the senses as much as the mind" and I agree with that. I loved the novel The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and how the protagonist experienced the world through her sense of taste. This novel was similar in the way that Moses interacts with the world via s ...more
One review on the front cover says that this book is a "story to tickle the senses as much as the mind" and I agree with that. I loved the novel The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake and how the protagonist experienced the world through her sense of taste. This novel was similar in the way that Moses interacts with the world via s ...more
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