As we move through the competition, the tension builds around who will make it through to each new round, as the judges whittle down the competitors. It was fantastic though, slow, so not for everyone, but pfew does it make your heart melt a little and make you give a silent thank you to music.

The narrator, soon established as Elliot Chase, then zooms out to address the reader directly, introducing the players—most importantly movie star Lana Farrar. Thank you to Simon and Schuster for the advanced reader copy of the English translation of this book - being released in May. Li a sinopse e a história pareceu-me interessante, para além de ser de autoria japonesa (ando meio obcecada com literatura japonesa desde há uns tempos para cá), então decidi comprá-lo. This book follows a group of people competing in an international piano competition in a small Japanese town.Onda’s musical novel Honeybees and Distant Thunder was a smash hit when it first came out in 2017, snapping up both the Naoki Prize and Japan Booksellers’ Award the same year. I would've kicked out some POVs of people that weren't the main characters and I would've shorten the competition as well.

In a place she had determined to forget forever, both anticipated encounters and unanticipated revelations show her, and us, that sometimes life is neither fate nor chance: perhaps it’s nothing more than a little luck. on goodreads, and I can see that this book might not be for everyone (it certainly should be for most), but it genuinely is a 5 stars for me. Despite this, Honeybees and Distant Thunder is still an emotive and poetic work, well worth the time it takes to read it. Ogromny plus za playlistę na Spotify'u, którą można było włączyć skanując kod na skrzydełku książki i słuchać utworów, które akurat grane są przez bohaterów i komentowane przez ich konkurentów.

JB bases his entire artistic career on painting portraits of his friends, while Malcolm takes care of them by designing their apartments and houses. Honeybees and Distant Thunder tells multiple stories at once, as there isn’t a singular protagonist throughout.