Search - The Piano Teacher

The best part of this book was the cover. It was a poorly written first book with a trite romance theme, there was a little bit of historical background that made it slightly redeemable but I wouldn't recommend wasting your time on this one. I was very disappointed and my book club felt the same way about it.

I started out reading the book and then switched to listening to the audio version on my MP3 player. I found when I was reading the book it seemed stilted and awkward. It seemed like the author glossed over certain parts and just assumed the reader was following her thought processes. The audio version did make the words and conversations seem more relevant, but did little to bring the characters to life, especially Claire. I never got a real sense of who Claire was and felt she was not suited to the privilege of being the “title” character. This was really Trudy’s story. And maybe even Lockets’ story, yet we hardly knew Locket at all. Will was easier to understand, except for his relationship with Claire. He said she was like a blank slate, but that doesn’t explain it to me. In my opinion, the author missed the mark on this one.
Favorite quote: “She reads about Beethoven, Chinese rice farming, biographies of English prime ministers, and finds comfort in the fact that she will never run out of books.”

I didn't think this one was all it was cracked up to be. The title character was so annoying and vacant, I wanted to slap her. The plot was pretty predictable and slow-moving. No surprises except that it was a disappointment.

Yup. The first part of this book was very good, then the story just seemed to fall apart. By the end, I'd really lost interest.

This book was very enjoyable. I enjoyed the historical aspects of it and the impact of the past on present events and relationships. It could have developed the recent events a little more