![]() ![]() It's not so minimalist, and it's told in dual POVs, to seek out a strong balance between, as Konigsberg puts it in his author's note at the start, "the sacred masculine and the sacred feminine." Though there's at least one scene that I read and immediately think, that's gotta be an Ari and Dante homage. I can see why it gets a lot of comparisons to Ari and Dante - the Southwestern setting, a certain retro vibe to it (though it's set in the present day but makes a lot of use of 80s music and an ancient food truck), one tough gay boy and one soft gay boy making an unlikely romance.īut this book, the first Bill Konigsberg book I've ever read, quickly sets itself apart from the object of its inevitable comparison. I've spent a day after finishing up reading the ARC to let my thoughts collect well enough, and I think I'm going to give it a 3.5 and round up to a 4. This one's a bit of a tough book for me to rate. Trigger warnings for this book: rape, PTSD, abusive parents, mental health issues. The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg ![]()
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