![]() ![]() Careers can be made at Statewide and the best musicians from across the country show up to put their talents on full display. Since then the hotel has been in a slow state of decline, the only time its rooms are mostly full is once a year for Statewide, a high school music festival. Fifteen years ago, however, a bride shot her husband and then hung herself. Its rooms were constantly rotating with girlfriends and wives – never at the same time! – and every day was a party. In its heyday, the Bellweather hotel was THE place to be. ![]() Take away Jack Nicholson and all that’s left is a book with many, many ( too many!) characters and far-reaching aspirations it can’t quite attain. Not only did the plot sound delightful (or as delightful as a murder/suicide can be), but then to be thrown references to The Shining and Agatha Christie! Unfortunately, when all was said and done, I felt this novel relied too much on those references and lacked its own spark. ![]() Let’s take another look at that summary, shall we? In just a single sentence I was hooked and needed to read Bellweather Rhapsody. Summary: A high school music festival goes awry when a young prodigy disappears from a hotel room that was the site of a famous murder/suicide fifteen years earlier, in a whip-smart novel sparkling with the dark and giddy pop culture pleasures of The Shining, Agatha Christie, and Glee. Source: ARC via publisher (Thank you, HMH!) ![]()
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