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Book Review of A Visit from the Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Helpful Score: 2


This review is for the AUDIO of this book. This was the first time I had ever read, or listened to this author. I thought this audio book was a work or art. I was so impressed with the language, the story, the senses that get tickled by the brilliant way this author wrote, or should we give credit to the way the narrator recited the story.

This is a series of stories, that mainly involve Sasha, and how her life intersects with other people from the 1970s to the future of 2020, which the Author did a masterful job of inventing.

You will meet, Dolly and her daughter Lulu, Scotty, Robert,Drew, Benny and Sasha, in San Francisco, Alex a blind date who shows up much later again. They all intertwine, and they all grow up whether they want to or not.

There is a very amazing chapter with Sasha's mildly autistic kids and how music touches their world. I was blown away by the beauty of this chapter alone.

I wonder if the other works of this author is as talented or if the book read as well as they were narrated. I plan to find out.